Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sherri worries about what is ahead for Bianca. "Young men today have garbage on their minds." She says. "If they take you to Burger King, they think they can sleep with you. I tell Bianca, 'Don't wrestle with these little boys. They want to touch you in the wrong areas. You don't want them up close, period...
...will study his report. I will be in touch with members of the [Security] Council and then I will decide on a D-Day," the U.N. chief said...
...elements of the painting there is a continuous jostling, circling and reflection, a sense of the vitality of form in every particular, that puts metaphoric reflection and wordplay back in second place. It is the form, and the subtlety of its myriad relationships in spaces you feel you can touch, that counts. And there are enough paintings at this level in the Guggenheim's show to convey a sense of Braque's achievement, even though its full scope is not, alas, there...
Kumin moves with greyhound grace through the quiet kitchen. Despite a lifetime of working with high-calorie fare, he remains admirably thin. One reason: he rarely stops for lunch. In Kumin's world of mixtures, textures and boiling points, hands are sensitive instruments. With the touch of a finger, he can tell the temperature of chocolate to within 2 degrees. Although his English is pretty good, Kumin might not understand the concept of the temperamental chef. He is usually as sweet as milk chocolate, yet no pushover like the Pillsbury doughboy. He stops on his rounds to correct a technique...
...also smart and something of a moralist: he has not only embezzled large sums from the Mafia but also given most of them to charity. Walsh can live with that -- if only his prisoner could contain himself on the subjects of smoking, drinking, eating fried foods and getting in touch with one's feelings...