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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...past two weeks, an overdose of "Lox & Chitlins" administered heavy-handedly by chiropractor Conn Nugent induced repeated vomiting. Doctors called in prescribed second-hand ridicule of institutions, elaborate diction, convoluted sentence structure, redundancy and random scoffing, but The Harvard Lampoon grew increasingly incoherent and seemed to lose touch with humanity. Specialists flew in from as far afield as Michigan and Rhode Island, and succeeded in alleviating the patient's suffering in its last hours. Observers sometimes found it difficult to follow osteopath David McClelland's complicated juxtaposition of photographs, clever cartoons, nonsense and witty social commentary, all woven into...

Author: By Deborah R. Waroff, | Title: The Lampoon | 5/7/1968 | See Source »

Jose Gonzales, Kent Parrot, and Larry Terrell all regained the winning touch after losing last week to Princeton...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Penn Racketmen Shock Princeton Harvard Hopeful of Tennis Crown | 5/2/1968 | See Source »

Clearly, Couples was not drawn entirely from his imagination. Tarbox, says Updike, is purely fictional, "with only a touch of the Ipswich marshes peeking through." Still, it is worth

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Authors: View from the Catacombs | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...noting that the Updikes are the ringleaders of a group of like-minded couples whom the older Ipswichers call the Junior Jet Set. Updike has organized endless basketball, volleyball and touch-football games, led the jet set on skiing trips, and presided over countless intramural parties. Says one member of the set: "What we have evolved is a ritual. It sets up a rhythm where we are all available to each other. It's rather as if all of us belong to a family." Adds another friend without elaboration: "You can't sustain that very long without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Authors: View from the Catacombs | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...Greater Boston Championships are the soft touch of the Crimson schedule this year. Of a seven team field, only five had played matches prior to yesterday. Scores ranged from Harvard's winning total of 1099 strokes to last place Brandeis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Golfers Keep Greater Boston Crown | 4/23/1968 | See Source »

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