Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Describing the difficulties he had with creating the domineering character of Louis in "Deliverance," Reynolds said that "there's a time when you have to get in touch with something inside you that terrifies you. You have to crawl inside of it and get in control...
...budget that Jimmy Carter sends to Congress next week will make history in one respect: it will propose the first significant cuts ever made in Social Security benefits. The reductions would not touch the basic payments made to retired people, widows and Medicare patients. Still, a year or two ago, no President would have dared advocate even two-bit trimming of what has long been the most popular and sacrosanct of all Government programs. Carter's plans so far have provoked barely a peep of protest from Congress because the legislators know that the rapid growth of Social Security...
...reporters to the Middle Kingdom for a two-week tour. A high point was meeting with Teng in the Great Hall of the People, the first such session for American newsmen with a leader of the People's Republic. Teng fielded questions with ease and even showed a touch for one-liners. When a newsman complimented him on his crisp replies, Teng cracked, "Since I have no parliamentary experience, I don't know how to make long speeches...
...Costello's first two albums, and Armed Forces does have its share of rockers--"Goon Squad" and "Accidents Will Happen" in particular carry on the tradition. But all over the new album there are signs of his evolution towards more versatile music-making. He's always had a touch of the middle-of-the-road about him--he recorded a Burt Bacharach number on a live anthology last year. "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding," a Nick Lowe song which Costello belts out on Armed Forces, brilliantly parodies good-hearted, wide-eyed lyrics with a seductive...
...Penthouse about his brother's staff. Presidential Adviser Charles Kirbo, said Billy, was the "dumbest bastard I ever met in my life," while Press Secretary Jody Powell "would be better off running a farm in Vienna, Ga." To which Powell replied: "It would certainly put me in touch with a better class of people." In Billy's opinion, Chief White House Aide Hamilton Jordan is "a kid. I don't know what the hell Hamilton does." Holds his temper, for one thing. His rejoinder: "Good ole Billy...