Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which 20,000 people would work and live in a totally controlled futuristic environment: no slums, no landlords, no voting control. Fortunately the plan fizzled, and Epcot became what it has been since its opening in 1982: a combination world's fair and science fair with the Disney touch...
Americans may value such business virtues as courtesy, reliability, economy and all that, but in the end, what really dazzles them is speed. How else to explain such an affinity for one-hour photo developing, instant replay, touch- tone phones and suntanning parlors? America's entrepreneurs have responded to that imperative with some of the world's fastest products and services, ranging from frozen food to instant bank loans. Like Domino's Pizza, many U.S. corporate empires were built for people in a hurry: McDonald's, Federal Express, Polaroid and Southland Corp., the operator of 7-Eleven stores. "America values...
...good man, once dead, becomes a saint, so a nice place, once quit, becomes an Eden. As the years slide by, the places we have visited are steadily pushed back to an enchanted distance, and memory, the mind's great cosmetician, begins to remove wrinkles, soften edges, touch up the past in a golden glow. The 26-hour bus trip, the simultaneous swarm of hucksters and mosquitoes, the revolutions of the stomach are all forgotten or, better yet, transfigured into the unforgettable adventures with which we can impress our friends. Paradise's loss is our gain. Small wonder that Proust...
...comparative hype and hugeness of Hands, it worked largely through the many small decisions to join in. The tingle of an unbroken cross- continental touch may have been missed, but along the way there was much to find touching. Following the plan of Organizer Ken Kragen, who had also headed the USA for Africa campaign, the line began and ended with homeless people. In New York City's Battery Park was Amy Sherwood, 6, who until last month had been living with her mother and two sisters in a Manhattan welfare hotel. Little Amy also came to symbolize opportunity...
Keylatch "put me in touch with a Puerto Ricancommunity similar to my own in Trenton," saysCruz. The neighborhood has also been a trainingground for Cruz, who has become a leader there andat...