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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Costa Kozakos is a weakling caught between his fierce ambition and festering conscience; the actor, of the man, his impotence, with remarkable pathos. Carras's Menelaus, a weasely little fellow who can nonetheless rouse himself to noble, if ineffectual inch a Greek hero, from his physical splendor to that touch of reckless, defiant pride...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: A Tragedy--but not a Total Loss | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...Hilles, 7:30), and follows in a Sunday matinee with Loves of a Blonde and Capricious Summer, neither of which I know anything about, showtime's at 2. Sunday night is Daisys, made by the foremost Czech woman director, Vera Chytloda. Daisys is a feminist film with a Bunuel touch; it was condemned in official circles as decadent and bourgeois because it showed a foodfight. The other half is Jan Nemez's A Report on the Party and the Guests, and his 1966 feature was frowned upon also because of its political overtones, but basically because--you guessed it--included...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Period on a Shot of Gin, a Couple Bucks and a Bit of Gall | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...from being a total loss. A Delaware state champion his junior year in high school, Ed is a little discouraged with the way he has wrestled at Harvard, but says he does it more for the enjoyment than to become a national champion. Most referees will give him a touch start on the mat, so he knows where his opponent is, but it's a little harder to wrestle that way because you can't try to run your opponent around a little first. He enjoys wrestling because he likes to be in shape--even though, he adds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ed Bordley Grapples with Being Blind, Being Black and Being at Harvard | 1/11/1978 | See Source »

...Touch of Harvard...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Harvard Hosts Swim Meet At Brown Due to Delayed Opening of New Pool | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...nice because there was a touch of Harvard all over the place," Costin said, "but it's just too bad that the swimmers didn't get to see Harvard, Boston, and the new pool...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Harvard Hosts Swim Meet At Brown Due to Delayed Opening of New Pool | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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