Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America in a patriotic and inspirational way": Vegas Lounge Lizard Wayne Newton, who is in his element crooning before gamblers clutching highballs and waitresses. Such undesirable Beach Boys fans as George Bush, Michael Deaver and Nancy Reagan (a closet B.B. groupie) thought Watt was out of tune and touch. The Great Conductor himself, Ronald Reagan, called Watt into the Oval Office for a brief musical seminar. Then the President presented him with a plaster statue of a foot with a bullet hole in it, symbolic of where Watt had shot himself...
...moment is quintessential Mailer, combining swagger, a touch of menace, self-mockery and high good humor. Such charm in close quarters could overwhelm a roomful of enemies. How could anyone not wish this impish iconoclast happiness, prosperity, long life, enough success to make him happy and enough failure to keep him on his toes? But mellowness? Hold that for a while, spare him and the rest of the world such tedious peace. Says Mailer: "I've never been impressed by mellowing. Usually the people who have mellowed always have just a touch of sadness, because maybe they shouldn...
...with Washington Hostess Thelma Rice. "The most unfair thing about this whole business," she begins, "is that I can't even date." Later the saline level rises. When Mark contritely bursts into tears, Rachel concludes, "It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their...
Aides also cited the crucial nature of the speech. Greg Schneiders, campaign press secretary, said that as long as four months ago, the speechwriters were alerted that the convention was coming up, and a month ago they "began to get in touch with people up here to find out how much time we have available and what sort of things are appropriate to say here." The group of advisors then sat down with Glenn and talked with him about his ideas. Two weeks ago they came up with the first draft, and it was being revised until Glenn left...
Cambridge Police Sergeant Joseph McSweeney said last night that the train's wheels apparently did not touch the woman, adding that she did not come into contact with the track's electrified third rail. She was found under the train's second...