Word: touche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...United States," Booth affirmed, and as National Secretary of SDS he could do just that. "What is Left?" Booth asked himself. "A left is a group of people who understand that problems are communal and can be solved collectively," he responded with conviction. Mixing serious debate with a light touch, Booth can outline his goals in very sober, Swarthmorian terms and then sum it all up by saying, "I guess you might call it the art of Reading, Writing, and Left-Building...
...many as 250,000 soldiers would be required to keep the country "in order." The economy would be in shambles from years of devastation; thousands would be without food. Hostility among the population would force the U.S. to rely on familiar cliques of embattled generals, out of touch with the citizenry. Social reform, by the very necessity of an authoritarian response to the ubiquitous guerrilla threat, would be nearly impossible...
Prudently, the artist waited until the royal proclamation of U.S. independence. Returning from the House of Lords where on Dec. 5, 1782 King George III recognized the freedom of his former colonies, Copley invited Watson to his studio. "There," recalled Watson, "with a bold hand, a master's touch, and I believe an American heart, he attached to the ship the stars and stripes. This was, I imagine, the first American flag hoisted in old England...
Gathered together, the professional Ivy Leaguers wouldn't be enough for a good pickup game of touch football...
Leverett took advantage of Quincy's punt formation woes after a scoreless first half. They scored after a bad snap caused the Quincy punter to touch his knee to the ground on his own 13. They also blocked one punt and foiled a running play on a fake kick...