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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign entered the final week, Hunt and his aides were working feverishly to bring the focus of the race where it had never been-North Carolina. Hunt painted Helms as an out of touch crusader concerned only with national and international issues. Along this line, the Democrats sought to turn a recent Helms "coup" against him-they said that when Helms garnered the endorsements of 23 American ambassadors it showed that his interests lie far afield. Though Helms has repeatedly said that he has no interest in heading the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should Charles Percy, the current chairman, lose...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: Hunt, Helms Held Hostage | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

Ninety minutes after the first touch, the booters had crased all memories of the unfortunate incident by crushing the Jumbos...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Kenworthy Shines; Booters Rout Tufts | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...brooder downs wine with his girlfriend, races across town on his motorbike, and walks everywhere with a permanent glaze of confusion and despair. Jake the rebel plays the quintessential smart-ass, letting out sarcasm faster than he can understand it. This Jake mouths things like "Don't ever touch me or my brother again," even as Sam appears ready to smash him into the wall. This Jake assures his brother's principal there will be no more fights "Because I promise...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: All in the Family | 10/31/1984 | See Source »

...bedroom scene: "My lover, who was in full uniform, crawled in after me. I put a thick blanket between us, and announced that we were ready to shoot." As the cameras moved in for a closeup, the director shouted: "Pull the quilt over your breast . . . Artem, don't touch her . . . Galina, your shoulder is bare again .. . Stop! Stop! His shirt is unbuttoned ... His chest is all hairy! Shave it immediately. We're making a film for the laboring masses, not for sex maniacs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Highs and Lows | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...adding each chemical, thus avoiding the possible need to remove any part for additional purification, as in past methods. When the protein was complete, acid was used to cleave it from the bead. Though Merrifield's first device, regulated by a metal cylinder studded with pegs, had a touch of Rube Goldberg, it worked like a Model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Prizes: CHEMISTRY: MODEL T | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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