Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...government was able to protect the Nixons. He added: "We had better find out what we have militarily in the area." The President called Defense Secretary Neil McElroy and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Nathan Twining. Under Secretary of State Christian Herter, who had, through aides, been in touch with the Nixon party in Venezuela, called McElroy, reported the situation as "nip and tuck...
...reasons, on filling at least 50% of all air-crew jobs with their own men. Many of the native flyers do not yet have the training for the job. One U.S. captain for Saudi Arabian Airlines reports that his invariable instruction to his Arab copilot is "Don't touch anything." Indonesia's ambitious (39 planes) Garuda airline is in serious trouble since it fired all Dutch pilots and technicians; also facing trouble is Union of Burma Airways, with few experts-and with three Viscount turboprops on order...
Noting the preponderance of graduate school alumni over those of the College, by a ratio of almost three to one, Pusey urged that alumni offices explore new methods to keep graduates in closer touch with the University and to remind them of their obligation...
...Novelist Erskine Caldwell set up his own bullyboy definition of literature, then admitted that he did not measure up: "Literature implies a graceful treading along a prescribed course and a conformity to the sensibilities of prejudiced minds. I am not quiet-spoken, and I do not have a velvet touch. I like to hammer, hammer, hammer, and make all the noise...
...newsmen pay for everything they got. Prices ranged from 5,000 lire ($8) for a photograph of a gypsy weeping to 50,000 lire for a closeup of the queen herself. "For only 5,000 lire more," a gold-toothed, top-hatted elder told an Italian reporter, "you may touch the queen's hand and ask her anything you wish. Of course, we cannot guarantee that she will answer...