Word: touche
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...plane and prevent interference with communications. It is also loaded with an equally dazzling array of high-and low-frequency communications devices. Capable of staying aloft for 72 hours, the plane can roam at low or very high altitudes, up to more than 45,000 ft. To keep in touch with U.S. submarines, the craft can unreel up to five miles of wire antenna, ¾ in. thick and weighing several tons...
...Hours later the Kremlin ordered the expulsion of George Krimsky, a Russian-speaking American reporter for the Associated Press who had been zealous in covering dissident activities. In swift retaliation, the U.S. State Department deported a Washington-based Tass correspondent (TIME, Feb. 14). This brought a response with a touch of Soviet surrealism worthy of Orwell or even Lewis Carroll. The Russians denounced the U.S. for failure to adhere to the provisions of the Helsinki agreement...
...years," sneered the white-haired Abel, "and I know his lack of ability, his lack of dedication." McBride repeated his charge that "outsiders and limousine liberals" were his opponent's main backers. Sadlowski, for his part, called Abel, McBride and Meany "well-heeled fat cats" who had lost touch with the rank and file...
When yucca farmers clamor for an end to price ceilings on their produce, Torrijo confides to Greene under his breath (the politician's touch), "I'm going to grant it...I want to redistribute money...All the same I'll keep them guessing." In another town, the peasants, gathered like "a committee elected to arrange Christmas entertainments," try to shake the military men with angry, meaningless slogans. But the government's drum-rolls drown out their protest...
Read's duel was no pushover, hoever. Down 4-1, he fought for four consecutive touches while avoiding the defensive double-touch attempts of his Cornell opponent...