Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage, and the death of more than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers on board, had signaled the end of the Edwardian era in all its cocky opulence. Last week's unexpected reappearance of the great ship was a welcome touch of vintage nostalgia, like the sight of a top hat or a long white glove. For his part, Ballard was willing to share with the world only a portion of his great discovery. Fearing an onslaught of treasure-seeking vandals, he refused to divulge the exact position of the Titanic...
...meeting started with a light touch. Referring to the fact that Grunwald was responsible for Time Inc.'s several publications, Gorbachev listed them and teasingly asked, "Are you affected by antitrust laws, or have you simply forgotten all about them?" (Grunwald's answer: "We are not a monopoly. We do try for expansion, but we do not try for hegemony.") At one point, after a complicated question, Gorbachev said, "Do you think we're never going to meet again, so you are going to pile everything into one interview?" Cave's response: "Well, since we are going to meet again...
...would not like to overdramatize the situation in my response to this major question on which a great deal depends. So I believe that if we were to touch upon the question of the leaders of two such great nations as the U.S. and the Soviet Union, then surely in all of their way of thinking, in their analyses, in the practical conclusions that they draw therefrom, their starting point should be an awareness of the tremendous responsibility that rests upon them as leaders of two such nations...
...dozen, each of his 220 employees takes a car pool to the mansion for two days of sports and shoptalk with the boss. Rockport, a thriving maker of walking shoes (estimated 1985 sales: $68 million), has been growing so fast that Katz feared he was falling out of touch with employees. Says Katz: "We're trying to be a democratic company, one where people are just as important as the profits they make...
Revlon, the cosmetics giant, responded to a hostile takeover bid last week by putting on its war paint. The company's extra touch was a repellent that could be termed poison lipstick. Pantry Pride, a Fort Lauderdale-based supermarket chain, offered $1.8 billion for Revlon, or $47.50 per share. Declaring that the company was not for sale, Revlon's chairman, Michel Bergerac, and its board of directors adopted a variation on the so-called poison pill defense, in which the takeover target makes itself too financially painful to consume. In Revlon's case, the company would allow all shareholders except...