Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Watergate crimes. He guesses Nixon was involved all along in the coverup: "Based on my knowledge of how the White House operated, I would suspect that once the burglars were arrested, Nixon immediately demanded and got the full story, and that thereafter he kept in close personal touch with the cover-up operation." But he does not know for certain. It is nonetheless a remarkable book, affording damning and often unintended insights into the author's character and the atmosphere of the Administration in which he worked...
...Bizarre Touch. According to Matthews, Patty said that she had decided to join her captors after becoming disillusioned with the attempts of her father, Randolph A. Hearst, to secure her release. She felt that he had mishandled the distribution of more than $2 million worth of food to the poor, an effort to meet the demands of the S.L.A. In addition, said Matthews, Patty admitted that she had willingly taken part in the S.L.A.'s robbery of a San Francisco bank on April 15. And she said that she had been the one who riddled the sporting-goods storefront...
...basis of Matthews' story, Los Angeles District Attorney Joseph Busch charged Patty with 19 felony counts, introducing the most bizarre touch yet in the whole strange affair: two counts charging Patty with being a kidnaper herself. The flurry of charges stemmed from the incident at the sporting-goods store and the subsequent flight...
...magic moment when the candidate and the public merged came at the end of the first week of the campaign," reported TIME Correspondent George Taber. "The curious crowds suddenly turned into rabid fans, and voters began reaching out to touch his tailored sleeves. The man who had been a cool and respected Finance Minister suddenly found himself carried on a wave of popular enthusiasm for the first time in his career. He responded with a warmth that had been rarely seen in public. His plunges into the crowd became a ritual. With almost disbelieving delight, he told a crowd...
...Giscard may be able to help her husband overcome the familiar criticism that he lacks the common touch. She has said that as France's First Lady, she wants "to help him see the human problems, which women can sometimes feel better." One of her major interests is in encouraging career education for women. She has had some experience in that herself, having studied economics in the past two years in order to "keep up with the economic-oriented discussions in the family." Indeed, it probably takes some doing to keep up with Valérie-Anne, a student...