Word: touche
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Alexandra Houck is very funny as tough and cynical Betty Rizzo, a leader of the girls' clique, the Pink Ladies. Houck both sings beautifully and acts passionately. Her second-half rendition of "There are Worse Things I Could Do," about her unwanted pregnancy, imparts a genuine human touch to one of the show's more serious scenes, without which the episode could easily have become completely corny. Also a standout in a major supporting role is Ken Johnson, who plays Rizzo's more or less steady boyfriend Kenickie. His performance of "Greased Lighting," an homage to his beloved...
...Lexington native has now led the Crimson in scoring the past three games and seems to have regained the shooting touch that enabled her to lead Harvard as a freshman last year with 11 points per game...
Poggio's project is part of a decade-long effort at MIT to develop computers or robotic devices which can duplicate all the major capabilities of the human body, including sight, hearing and speech comprehension, touch, manipulative ability, locomotion, and reasoning power...
HUMILITY IS NOT a word that instantly comes to mind when one talks of Howard Cosell. Pomposity and arrogance are more likely characterizations of the aging sportscaster. Yet one hopes to see a touch of humility in Cosell's retrospective on his 33-year broadcasting career, I Never Played the Game...
Despite nursing a shoulder bruise, Dave Krieg passed for two touch-downs--to tight end Dan Ross for 11 yards and Steve Largent for 17 yards. The Seahawks' other touchdown came on a 5-yard run by Curt Warner in the second quarter...