Word: touche
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...cheap trick rather than a masterly example of a literalist hoist on his own petard. At this point Graziano alone expresses the vulgar view of what is going on; his taunts are, significantly, not echoed by anyone else. Yet here their silence condemns the bystanders; and the final touch to the mishandling of the scene comes when the Duke pronounces his pardon, snarling out forgiveness in a voice somewhere between Don Rickles and a marine drill sergeant...
Lowell House copped its second straight undefeated season in House touch football yesterday, salvaging a 13-13 tie when a late Winthrop rally stalled on a missed conversion attempt that would have given the 'Throp victory and a share in the intramural title...
Clark claims his ex-partner Al Lewis (George Burns) is tops as a comic: "As an actor no one could touch him. As a human being, no one would want to." On his part, Lewis claims that Clark "always took the jokes too seriously." From the observable evidence, there is considerable justice to all charges. There is not a single thing about Clark that could be considered lovable; tolerable would be stretching things a bit. Auditioning for a potato chip commercial, Clark insults the director and the product. Then he calls up Ben (Richard Benjamin), his nephew as well...
...VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES: A quadrennial long-distance obstacle course for ambitious politicians with a touch of masochism. Purse: $65,600 annual salary; partially furnished mansion on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C.; presidency of the U.S. Senate; substantial perquisites. Qualifications: 35-year-olds and above; a natural-born citizen; proven endurance at giving and listening to speeches; ability to respond to the whip and obey sometimes demeaning commands. Limitations: Track may be shifted, entry fees forfeited, and a new field named pending outcome of big stakes races in New Hampshire, Florida, Wisconsin and California in early 1976. Postpositions, names of entries...
Loud and ebullient, George M! resounds with the rhythms of taps and canes and musical hosannas to the man who, according to legend, once owned Broadway. Giving it "the Cohan touch--speed, lights, music," Greg Minahan has set the Grant-in-Aid production of Joel Grey's Broadway hit squarely on the right track...