Word: touche
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...genuine concern for the children, many Vietnamese adults who have good reason to flee their country seem to have been lost in the shuffle. The South Vietnamese government is not issuing passports except in "special cases"-such as the orphans. Saigon officials are worried that a mass exodus would touch off panic among those left behind. Clearly, however, people who were connected with the Thieu regime or with American organizations could be the victims of reprisal if the red flag goes up over Saigon. The U.S. recognizes that as many as 1 million people might have to look...
...Jack Nicklaus keep up his recent winning pace to collect his fifth Masters title? Can Johnny Miller, who missed the cut at the Heritage Classic, regain the winning touch that earned him three titles earlier this season? How will Lee Elder handle the pressure of being the first black to compete for the winner's green jacket? These are among the tantalizing questions that will draw thousands of fans to Augusta, Ga., this week, and millions more to their television sets to view golf's most notable rite of spring-the Masters tournament...
...public relations job. "All that'll console me," says Cavanaugh, who has a granitic and totally unsupported optimism, "is that you'll be able to keep your tan." The lady replies: "The pool at the apartment is too close to the road." That is a George Higgins touch. No minor mercies admitted...
Buzzy Bissinger, ex-sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian is given the William Shockley Memorial Award for his racist comments during the D.P.-Crimson touch football game last November...
Lenczowski, who feels there is still "a lot of room for improvement" in the transfer program would like to see transfers given specific academic advisers or at least given help in getting in touch with students in their departments before they have to chose courses. Without someone to warm them of the pitfalls of certain courses they can easily find themselves like Tim Solberg '76, a transfer from a small midwestern college taking three economics courses and calculus and swamped with work...