Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gesture of indignation and rebellion, mingled with more than just a touch of superiority, the Signet Society was founded. This spirit was engendered by the friction between the intellectual and social element in Harvard society. In 1870, the social element unquestionably dominated the scene. The opening words of the Society's minutes set the dominating tone for the intellectuals...
...they suffer from 'anomie' in coming from one culture to another. One person I knew who left used to commute back to the Bronx every weekend 'to see real people.' The cultural difference between Massachusetts and New Mexico is astonishing. Many people leave because they feel that they must touch home base. They don't want the 'You Can't Go Home Again' feeling. Leaving for this reason is very wise...
Johnny-Come-Lately. Back in Hollywood, Johnny cannily saved the letters. His own notes were fourth-grader's work; many of them, laboriously scratched in copy books, were never sent, e.g.: You know Baby, I'm so lonesome for the touch of you I could die. I try to think back of when you were here and those precious minutes I wasted when my lips were not on yours...
...Lana's desperation rang true, but even a Hollywood scenario might have missed the final touch that came when a man in the courtroom stood and shouted: "This whole thing's a pack of lies. Johnny Stompanato was my friend! The daughter was in love with him and he was killed because of jealousy between mother and daughter!" Then, as an afterthought before he wheeled and stomped out of the room, the man cried: "Johnny Stompanato was a gentleman...
...Army-after a long time in the doldrums-is "out" again. Its members have the illusion that Hitler's war aims include Irish "freedom." The young village buckoes give up their Gaelic football in favor of what the parish curate calls the national pastime-giving the British "a touch" or two. They spy on airfields, raid military barracks to loot arms, and in general try to behave like true descendants of "the Bold Fenian...