Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...correspondents were also surprised by the openness they found while talking to two dozen of the President's closest associates, from the First Lady to members of the Cabinet. Some eagerly ventured their own theories about Reagan's makeup. Others were keen to discuss, in Stacks' words, "a political touch that causes even those who disagree to second-guess their own wisdom." One source so warmed to the topic that a scheduled 45-min. interview lasted more than five hours...
...deepest worry in all this for the American public is that the Reagan Administration is losing touch with reality. No one can reasonably demand that the President abandon the beliefs he has argued all his political life. But a successful President must adapt his strongest convictions to changing circumstances, and he cannot let the optimism that is a major virtue blind him to disagreeable facts. Overseas, not every policy is well founded just because it is anti-Soviet; at home, the greatest threat to American prosperity seems to be the stratospheric budget deficits that are aggravated by Reagan's policies...
...President needs presence, dignity, a certain touch of distance and even mystery; he is also expected to be "human." F.D.R. and Ike set a high standard. The aloofness of a De Gaulle would not sit well in the U.S. He needs courage, physical (just to go outdoors) and moral. He must be tough, even ruthless, but not find sick enjoyment in ruthlessness. He needs a deep self-confidence, stopping short of a grandiose sense of destiny...
...FINAL TOUCH Timerman tosses into his salad is the house dressing of pseudo-intellectual speak. The finest example of this blather comes when Timerman is discussing with a friend of his from Buenos Aires the friend's plans for emigrating to Israel. Drawing a parallel with Camus' Stranger. Timerman remarks when his friend tells him his mother was Christian...
...that adventurous in the first place, and so the restrained reliance on cover material doesn't really seem that odd on his latest album. And how can you really go wrong with tunes like "White Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Frosty the Snowman?" Indeed, Nelson's quiet touch on the acoustic guitar, combined with a voice more plaintive and searching than ever, casts a haunting new perspective on these past top-40 hits...