Word: touche
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Staff Writer Alessandra Stanley, who spent an afternoon with Ferraro and wrote the story about her, sees one small campaigning distinction. "Women politicians today address the same issues as men, but they may express them differently," she says. "Ferraro occasionally adds a personal anecdotal touch that might seem affected in a man but is natural with...
...appeal of ordeal is not the accomplishment itself but reaching the state of awareness through the nearly forgotten practice of self-denial. By indulging in an excessive standard of living fueled by imaginary needs created by Madison Avenue and disseminated by the media, the Western world has lost touch with its senses. Denial breaks the spell and allows the individual to become aware. With a raised consciousness one can rediscover true values and a sense of self-worth...
...course the woman whose husband left her because of her addiction to CompuSex is confused, hurt and angry. But how can this woman be forming a support group to help other out-of-touch hacks? Talk about the blind leading the blind! The growing legions of computer buffs and professionals are loaded with people who turn to an impersonal, unemotional computer to give them what they can neither give nor get from flesh-and-blood relationships. Are eyestrain, increased white-collar crime and broken marriages the improved world the computer has brought...
...Shortley papers indicate that Donovan, despite his denials of knowing about the work of the Schiavone detectives, apparently had been in touch with the company's top investigator. Shortley noted that he had been assigned to "check out names Ray gave me and be prepared to discuss [at] dinner meeting on 3/22 or thereabouts." Donovan told TIME, through a spokesman, that he has never met Shortley, and did not give him any names of people to be checked...
...rank and file off the job in the Stuttgart area. The result was a shortage of critical parts in the important West German auto industry. By the end of the week the stoppages engulfed 69,000 more of the country's 680,000 auto workers. Sympathy strikes could touch banking, public transport, textiles, insurance companies and the postal service. Audi, the luxury-car unit of Volkswagen, could be forced to shut down in two cities this week. BMW, the Bavaria-based car and motorcycle maker, has already closed two plants. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz might also curtail production...