Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political automaton she: Ferraro stopped, swiveled her head 90° to the right and pointed to a placard 100 ft. away. "I see a sign over there saying 'Gerry-we need jobs, not cheese.' " The crowd applauded the personal touch and mobbed her when she finished. Says Campaign Manager John Sasso: "The crowd left more excited than when they arrived...
...aging men of the Politburo may have seen Reagan, robust both physically and politically right now, as some kind of threat. Reagan listened and watched Gromyko as he had rarely scrutinized a man before; looking for clues from words, from eyes, from a touch or handclasp...
Keating, 40, a former FBI agent and U.S. Attorney, expresses sweeping support of Reaganomics and maintains that his opponent is out of touch with the voters. Says Keating: "Jones has been a leader in the liberal Democratic House representing a conservative area. He has walked a tightrope too long...
Although Harvard, for the most part, had its way with the visitors, it was MIT who scored first, surprising Ginsburg and the Crimson defenders four minutes after the first touch. MIT striker Grant Schaffner knocked a cross across the Crimson goalmouth, which Ginsburg pushed into the path of fellow frontliner Ed Savard...
...first, the couple ignores a series of bizarre, mildly violent actions by the locals. Jennifer doesn't give much thought to a friend's remark not to touch her because "something's wrong with her." Nor is she troubled by the unusually heated quarrels between her father and brother. But the incidental occurrences begin to follow a menacing pattern: An irate motorist trashes Stuart's car, a rejected suitor smashes his own hands...