Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keyboard shows more versatility and a better "touch" than those found in the Apple II system. Moreover, it is light enough to rest...
Ferry's return to his usual standout form, also aided the Crimson victory. Visibly plagued Friday night by an injured left foot which forced him to miss practice for the entire week. Ferry used some additional warm up shots prior to the Princeton contest to regain his soft touch...
...nose almost beaklike. His long ordeal seemed reflected on the faces of his wife, his son Igor and his daughter Irina, who sat near the flower-bedecked bier. While an orchestra played Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony in the background, Chernenko went up to Andropov's widow, kissed her and touched her gently on the shoulder. When Ustinov embraced the late Soviet leader's son, Igor broke into sobs. As he covered his face with his hand, other Politburo members reached over to touch his arm. A Westerner who joined thousands of mourners later in the day summed up the mood...
...meetings: "They don't want to leave Lebanon without some measure of success. That doesn't sound like withdrawal to me. They don't have any intention of leaving." Republican Congressman Trent Lott, the House minority whip, said he told Dam, "You people are not in touch with reality." Said Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd: "It's not only chaos and confusion over there, it's confusion and chaos here...
...small army of servants waits on the whims of the family. When a new husband of a Ventura bride wonders aloud why he sees the same lackey in crimson livery standing in the same spot every day, he is asked in return: "Don't you agree that a touch of red is needed just there, a complementary color to focus the green composition, as in a Corot landscape?" The woman who makes this reply is Celeste, the family's ultimate arbiter in matters of aesthetics, interior decoration and fashion. She is blind. Similarly, the renowned four-story library...