Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only watching but bugging and burglarizing, it is not hard to imagine a trend toward counterespionage of paranoid proportions. Future offices of public officials will no doubt be lined with lead to foil electronic snoopers; windows, even those high up, will be etched with sensor tape, attuned both to touch and long-range bugging beams; closed-circuit television sets will monitor every door and elevator, and squads of men in gumshoes will patrol rooftops...
With more than a touch of bitter resignation, Treasury Secretary George Shultz last week thus delivered the epitaph for the Administration's five-month-old attempt to control inflation on the honor system, of which he was the chief ideologue. An hour later, in a nationwide TV speech, President Nixon did indeed move on-with the second freeze since August 1971. He imposed a halt on increases in prices-but not in paychecks-for up to 60 days...
...earlier missions established, even the simplest tasks on earth can become extremely complicated in zero-G. When the astronauts tried to eat, for instance, they found that spoons fly off at the slightest touch and salt grains ricochet everywhere; food bags break, scattering their contents, and slices of bread float frustratingly out of reach. Even when they dug into some soft canned tomatoes, the astronauts created a mess; Conrad noted that he was "flinging tomatoes all over the place." Indeed, they had to spend up to 90 minutes each day on simple housekeeping chores...
Those distressing symptoms were more than enough to touch off public concern. Speculation about Pompidou's well-being reached new heights when the Elysée Palace announced last week that the President was canceling several social engagements over the next several weeks, "because he had not had the opportunity to take the rest needed to recover from the influenza he had suffered repeatedly this past winter." In what seemed an attempt at public reassurance, an official emphasized that Pompidou would carry on his regular office routine, which this week included meeting three African heads of state, the prime...
...Touch of Danger, Jones...