Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Choosing a VCR can be a daunting venture. Currently, retail electronics shelves teem with some 40 different brand names affixed to about 150 models. Innovations seem to happen overnight, and a wide array of options is available, from remote-control devices to one-touch recording buttons. Prices start at a bargain-basement $240 for the older, simpler models and go as high as $1,500 for the newer, more elaborate ones...
...launched a videodisk containing snippets from every Hollywood genre, which had then been synthesized by an alien culture with a gift for sweet-souled comedy and an eye for the bottom line. Which is to say that Starman has not an original thought in its head, but it should touch many a receptive heart...
Government investigators hope to determine why none of the workers inside the plant died from the fumes, while outside the plant thousands were killed. The inquiries are also expected to touch on the delicate questions of why the safety systems failed and whether...
Since Reagan's cuts are bound to affect the coffers of every state, officials are trying to use their ingenuity to soften the blow. Says California Analyst Hamm: "It's not realistic for us to say [to Washington], 'Don't touch us, but get rid of the deficits.' We should be asking ourselves, 'What can we give up that will hurt us the least?' " -By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Patricia Delaney/Washington and Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles, with other bureaus
...think this shows we're much better than anything we've shown so far," added senior Co-Captain Bob Eerry, who continues to regain the outstanding touch that seemed to chide him during the second half of last year...