Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That was only the first telegenic touch. The ceremonies were scripted down to the last detail with Reagan's favorite electronic medium in mind. He booked himself into televised appearances at no fewer than six events, including a presidential coin toss before the start of Sunday's Super Bowl game. He even gave permission last week for a TV camera to be installed in the presidential limousine, so that his ride to the swearing-in at the West Front of the Capitol could be seen by viewers at home...
...national anthem was played by the 45-member Nelson Riddle orchestra. The gala's tone of red-blooded glitz was set by Country Singer Mac Davis' show opener, God Bless the U.S.A., complete with marching band and back-up vocals. At the request of ! Nancy Reagan, organizers added a touch of highbrow to the program by scheduling Mezzo Soprano Frederica Von Stade, who sang an aria from Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots...
ESCHEWING THE nostalgic ground already covered by the two That's Entertainments. That's Dancing is not simply a collection of dance highlights. It's an ambitious attempt to touch on all the bases of modern dance--from break dancing to ballet. Accordingly, its five sections include clips from distant, lands and as distant times as film could record. But, of course, it's the precious leftovers from the That's Entertainments that make That's Dancing worthwhile...
...every era there are a few issues that redefine the nation's purpose. In past decades they have been matters of war, race and poverty. The idea that a taxreform program could become a struggle that would touch the American soul seemed a fanciful fiction of accountants. But something odd is happening in Washington...
...want to touch...