Word: touche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Monsieur: J'ai été très touché par votre attention et par le soin apporté â cet article dont les reproductions sont très bien faites. Je sens toute votre sympathie et je suis sensible à votre attention à mon égard...
...played on a sitar (like a guitar). His wife must not only be pretty, but be able to frug in a sari while folding her hands in the traditional greeting of namaste. His home must be decorated in the best Western decor, but carry at least one careful Indian touch-perhaps a Mogul miniature or a divan with a brightly colored, hand-loomed bolster from the Punjab. Clubs are one British social heritage that upper-class Indians will not revolt against, perhaps because they were excluded in the days of the British raj. Today high-caste Indians are just...
Looking for the Touch. Maudling's men hardly campaigned for their man because they saw little need to. A large, relaxed man with a brilliant, well-honed mind, Maudling had been Chancellor of the Exchequer and deputy party leader, and thus seemed the more seasoned and deserving. He was, moreover, a cut closer to the traditional Tory mold, the preferred of the party's older hands. "He's the kind of decent chap that's so much like us," observed one, contrasting him with the more aggressive Heath. Maudling's camp relaxed, confident that...
...blatantly apparent when he asks to stay out in the storm to pray before withdrawing to the hovel, and then remains standing through the prayer--which is one of the most self-revealing and humble speeches Lear has. Mr. Carnovsky's standing somehow kills the humility and adds a touch of defiance, which is compounded by his choosing to kneel once the prayer is over...
...same period last year, to a record $7.6 million. From a lagging third place among the three television networks, ABC under Goldenson's gifted goading has risen to a point where it is neck-and-neck with NBC and CBS. Stockholder Simon has reason to appreciate the Goldenson touch, but may well be miffed at his aloofness. Last year Simon tried to get a seat or two on ABC's board, only to be frustrated when Goldenson put through a bylaws change that ruled out cumulative voting...