Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...account of the details of the dancers' world which makes Mazo's book fascinating. He has faithfully recorded where the Company members live (West 69th Street), where they eat (O'Neal's), what they do in their spare time (movies and crossword puzzles), their pre-performance rituals (a touch on the shoulder and a good-luck wish of "merde"), even the contents of the candy machine in the dancers' lounge. What would otherwise be trivialities accumulate to form a tantalizing mosaic of a way of life which demands the dedication of a monastery and the loyalty of a fuedal fiefdom...
Sarah Mleczko added a finishing touch to the victory when she took a feed from Elaine Kellogg, the link, and drove the ball into the right corner with just 40 seconds left to play. The score capped a double comeback for the women, who overcame both the UConn defeat and the Northeastern lead...
...Communist Party. America gave Robeson little peace in his last decade, and he had every right to turn bitter and resentful. But it is not clear how angry he really did become, for his autobiography is still infused with eager optimism, with an idealism that retains more than a touch of the innocence of his youth. He ends the book with an eloquent expression of the dream he still clung...
Most of these men are charming and grandfatherly, if slightly out of touch with the students in whose educations they take such a pecuniary interest. They are glad to chat with the few undergraduates they happen upon during their sequestered stay here and good naturedly reminisce about the good old days...
After Andrewlavage's 48-yarder stretched the Colgate lead, Relph directed the Raiders on another drive and rolled around right end for a five-yard touch-down run. A two-point conversion gave the visitors a 21-7 lead...