Word: touche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...European, I commend you for that exquisite pictorial section on Eastern Europe. It shows Americans that Eastern Europe still has the "Old World" touch and the glittering night life that European tourists cherish, and it demonstrates that Eastern Europe is not all barbed wire just because it is Communist...
...read your story with interest and a touch of envy. With an enrollment of only about 5,000, instead of 50,000, and lacking the stimulating influence of an off-campus all-purpose rebel fringe community of another 10,000, Vanderbilt cannot match the flesh-colored originality of Berkeley's sensual free-for-alls...
...moored in shallow water near the beach, which made recovering torpedoes easier. Then the ship headed toward a dinghy stationed to secure the spent torpedo. We proceeded cautiously, taking soundings. Since the bottom was known to be soft, there could be little damage to the ship if she did touch; Nimitz might have considered he was taking a calculated risk. When the ship did touch, we felt no jolt; she just stopped. Engines were reversed. All hands were ordered aft to lift the bow; the ship floated free. Nimitz conscientiously reported the incident...
...America Is Winning." With justifiable pride, Shriver pointed to Project Head Start, which has brought a touch of civilization to 600,000 preschool slum children, as OEO's most successful effort. He noted that 300,000 volunteers have enlisted in the poverty war, and that the campaign has "reached more than 3,000,000 poor people directly" with jobs, training and other services. "America," he said, "is winning the war on poverty...
Robert Kennedy's remarks about the Viet Cong gave Humphrey a chance to follow the memo's instruction to add "a touch of the harder and sterner side of your make-up which [is] in need of showing to more people...