Word: touche
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Stewart also rejected the argument that restrictions on abortion force women to observe the doctrines of particular religious faiths. Said he, with a touch of casuistry: "That the Judaeo-Christian religions oppose stealing does not mean that a state or the Federal Government may not . . . enact laws prohibiting larceny." The court majority, Stewart emphasized, was not declaring the Hyde Amendment to be wise social policy-if it did, "not every Justice who has subscribed to the judgment of the court today could have done so"-but only that Congress did not violate the Constitution by enacting...
Maureen, now a tall, sturdy, handsome woman, ebullient but more than a touch wary, was seven when her parents were divorced. She lived with her mother, but remembers going riding on her fa ther's ranch and hearing him recite The Shooting of Dan McGrew. She jocularly refers to him as "Dear Old Dad." Like all the other Reagan children, she spent much of her youth in private boarding schools; like all of them, she dropped out of college (Marymount College of Virginia). She went to work as a Republican volunteer in Nixon's Washington campaign headquarters...
...this weekend as the ranking Republican on the finance committee. "Those who are irresponsible in a time of crisis, including economic crisis, are those who cannot and will not act," Dole said in a sharp rejoinder to Carter's accusations of earlier in the week. He added, a touch snidely, that Reagan and the GOP "have filled the leadership void in Washington...
With prices rising, productivity falling, and concern over the economy generally threatening to replace baseball as the national pastime, demand for the Journal's special brand of journalism should rise like margin calls in a bear market. All newspapers like to think they are in touch with the needs and feelings of their readers. The Wall Street Journal can go one step further. Says Kerby: "We're always touching the pocketbook nerve, which is the most sensitive nerve...
With the idea born, all the cagers needed was the financing. So they employed a touch of the alumni network, counting on Crimson connections. Tom Stenberg and Ed Lee coordinated the drive with the Fung Ping-fan family playing a major role. Having received funds from several graduates, Coca Cola, American Express and Braniff Airlines, the Harvard hoopsters were on their way--to Beijing...