Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close view of environmental damage at sea. "The problem becomes vivid when you sail into an oil slick and have to spend several days cleaning up the boat." The impact of man-made substances on weather shifts is much harder to detect. "You can't see it, touch it or smell it," says Hoyle. "That is precisely what makes the scientific discovery process so important." And precisely what makes this week's cover story such a good detective yarn...
...other risk is more personal. Gore's thoughtful positions have an intellectual appeal to party moderates, and he has impressed Washington insiders with his articulate understanding of both the issues and the system. But he must still prove that he has the grit and the common touch needed to inspire a wider appeal. He often appears to be compensating for his fresh- faced youthfulness with a formality bordering on stiffness and a cocky & earnestness that sometimes seems like noblesse oblige. In his living room there is a framed cover of Memphis magazine with his photograph and the headline BORN...
...administration does a good job with political involvement, but it doesn't touch student life. That is a job for the Council," said Donald A. Fishman...
...aren't afraid to touch it?" asks her playmate, aghast and giggling, her hands stuffed into her open mouth...
...arriving freshman an upper-class "big sister," along with a faculty mentor and a student adviser, and weaving "old-girl networks" to create the same kinds of career opportunities for its graduates that "old boys" have traditionally held out to young men. Russell Sage also puts its seniors in touch with alumnae executives who provide career advice and arrange job contacts...