Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would think that Harvard had enough computerization and impersonalization to go around, but now I see The Crimson is leading a vanguard to eliminate one of the last vestiges of a personal touch left in the University. I refer to the absence of a room lottery at Eliot House (March 19). One wonders if it is the lack of a lottery which annoys The Crimson or simply the fact that The Crimson refuses to accept anything Eliot House does in its own fashion...
...light of this, you might think on your drive down the highway that those billboard signs are not the most appropriate means of convincing illegals to get in touch with the INS. An English message in harsh colors spelling out threateningly "Don't get left behind," visible only to those with cars and legal driver's licenses is a big waste of advertising space. Is it possible that the INS does not realize this? Or do they not want too many people to notice the signs...
...correct down to the last petty neurosis. After all, he seemed a textbook case of rabidly loyal third world dictator. Why, his sense of loyalty seemed so profound that his vicious jackboot secret police force were nicknamed after a breed of dog: dobermans. They dressed in black. A nice touch...
...nobody buyin'." More than most politicians, he has a sense of the absurd in a campaign, and cannot resist making jokes as well as history (as he proved during his surreal day with Silo Sam). Though he has resolved not to criticize other Democrats, an occasional mocking touch comes through. At last year's Congressional Black Caucus, the master of ceremonies did an elaborate dance to slip a little platform in front of the microphone each time Governor Dukakis came up to it to answer a question. Jackson eyed the platform quizzically, stepped onto it for a moment, towering above...
Reach out and touch someone. Jesse Jackson's tendency to work the telephones at odd hours could have an effect on the nomination, especially if his support is crucial in a bartered process. So far, Al Gore has done the best job of keeping the lines open. Jackson and Gore talked twice last Tuesday night. About what? "Things personal, things political," says Jackson. He also talked to Paul Simon, but never connected with Dick Gephardt, who tried to reach him Tuesday night. The previous weekend Jackson spoke with Mario Cuomo. Did he ask for an endorsement? "Jesse said...