Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conceded that the two men differed in their approach to human rights, to the Soviet dissidents. Trudeau felt the need to keep his voice lower. He hinted that maybe Carter had been a bit surprised at the response to his letter to Andrei Sakharov. But there was also a touch of admiration for a President who based important actions on the simple criterion of "what was right...
...also decided that the National Security Council need not be called into session, and the President spent his scheduled weekend at Camp David. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance conferred with U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. The U.S. Embassy in Bonn remained in touch with the West German Foreign Ministry, which has handled American interests in Uganda since the U.S. Embassy in Kampala was shut down...
...human rights in Uganda, the U.S. should ask the U.N. to look into "the crimes which the U.S. has committed in various parts of the world." But he closed by asking Carter "to pass my greetings to all Americans, both white and black," and added a typically comic touch: "I hope to visit you at the White House in the near future...
...despite their public optimism, there is a touch of confusion and unhappiness among labor leaders about some of President Carter's recent actions. Union men are particularly miffed at the President's proposals for stimulating the economy, notably his emphasis on a $50 income tax rebate for millions of Americans. Instead of tax cuts, labor wants more Government spending to create jobs. Said Meany, who never lets his own $90,000 salary deter him from hurling a good, populist line: "I don't see why people in the upper brackets should get $50 that they can flip...
Sweetness of Touch. Light, considered as a sign of divine immanence, fascinated Ensor. It gives a special tension to his skeleton pieces, mask paintings and the street scenes of his best years, from about 1885 to 1900: glitter and death, dark subjects and brisk high tones. The brutally emphatic imagery was created with a disconcerting sweetness of touch. Skeleton Painter in His Atelier, 1896, typifies this: the surface is almost as pretty as a Bonnard (though not nearly so well painted), and the very fact that Ensor was not trying to use illusionist tricks to convince viewers of the skeleton...