Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...asked indignantly. "I wouldn't touch them with an M-16. No, this is the beauty part. Health and Human Services...
...across the street. Indeed, questions about what he did not know and why he did not know it seemed fully as unsettling as their echoes from the Watergate era. That little secret everyone shared about the President -- that he is oblivious to the nuances of his policies, out of touch with the daily operation of Government and blithely detached from distracting bits of fact -- has begun to seem, in the wake of Iceland and Iran and Nicaragua, to be far more dangerous than bemusing...
...Democrat's mouth in response to the ever-widening scandal over the arm sales to Iran and the secret funding for the Contras. And in a sense, the Democrats are right. If Reagan didn't know, he clearly didn't want to; and anyone who is that out of touch with his staff's maneuverings certainly has no business in the Oval Office...
THAT THE DEMOCRATS have not yet chosen to focus on the "ignorance factor" simply shows how out of touch they are with the reasons for Reagan's popularity. While bright, articulate liberals continue to write books that chronicle every blunder Reagan has ever made, the President remains untarnished. No one really cares that Reagan thinks that trees are the greatest cause of pollution or that he forgot that Pierre Trudeau was the prime minister of Canada. In fact, it could be argued that Reagan's image as a bumbling old geezer actually strengthens his popularity. It reinforces his image...
...Saks Fifth Avenue (Prudential Plaza). Rhinestone jewelry ranges from $28 for a choker to $10 for a tiara at Reddog's (1737 Mass. Ave.). If you want to go all out, Atalanta Antiques (1700 Mass. Ave.) sells a beaded and chiffon flapper dress for $300. For the finishing touch, Chanel No. 5 perfume, a mere $175 per ounce...