Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alone He Went properly should count as an extraordinary story. But its popularity is likely to be dimmed by two defects. One of them: it is written by an R.A.F. colleague of Embry's, and thus has neither the personal touch of autobiography nor the literary touch of a professional "ghost." The other: World War II has already produced so many amazing tales that nothing short of a masterpiece is likely to raise much flutter...
Bartok: Deux Images for Orchestra (New Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Serly conducting; Bartok Records, 2 sides LP). Early Bartok, with a touch of Debussy and a full share of Bartok's own masterful orchestral technique. Performance and recording: excellent...
...next time the gravy on your circular tray wanders into your lettuce, you can blame the modern design of the new Graduate Center north of the Yard. The architects of the center helped to perfect the new trays as the finishing touch for the halls which opened last September...
From his headquarters in Innsbruck, Zagon keeps in precarious touch with Catholics inside Hungary. Refugees report that despite persecution of the hierarchy, parish churches have never been so full. Because almost any preaching may expose them to Communist wrath, priests have taken to reading from the gospels in place of preaching sermons. The prayer "Free Me from Evil" draws such a response as to be almost a political demonstration...
...analogous to a "conditioned reflex," one of the brain's mechanisms for learning. By changing the circuits slightly, Dr. Walter can condition the new Elsie and Elmer to stop and back up when he whistles. They do so because they have learned to associate the whistle with the touch-signal they feel when they hit an obstacle...