Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once or twice a day for the rest of his college career, except one week when she had a touch of the flu, Mrs. O'Reilly would call Gambit's rooms. It is two in the morning; Gambit has just returned from a hard night of study. He is, however, wearing a tuxedo and he has traces of lipstick on his face. (Gambit had a huge assortment of lipsticks, in all shades--Lipstickmanship was another of his innovations.) The phone rings...
...doubt about it Gambit was the greatest Sexman of them all, a consummate artist. Only he could have capped off his program with that exquisite touch of realism. Once a year he actually took out a real girl...
...tests Bernard Shaw's theory that audiences will listen to anything so long as it is amusingly said, and adapts from Chekhov the technique of having an actor, when necessary, move down to the footlights and explain to the audience what kind of man he is. One neat touch: the dedication "to that one who has inspired man's unending battle against Death, and without whom that battle is never won . . . the patient...
...Professional Touch. In Kollum, The Netherlands, after judges at a jumping contest for horses had disqualified all entrants because of their poor showing, Veterinarian Jan Reinders bet the judges he could do better, went the full course under his own power...
...years prior to 1948, most of the freshmen intra-mural attention was focused on basketball, but last year hall teams were organized in touch football, basketball, volleyball, and softball. Tournaments were held in cross country, squash, boxing, wrestling, fencing, swimming, tennis, rowing, and track...