Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK: It was hobbled-world-leader-summit time again, as President Clinton and Japanese prime minister Obuchi met Tuesday in New York. And while Clinton was doubtless prepared to touch on issues such as North Korea, if only to be polite, Topic A of Tuesday's summit was expected to be -- you guessed it -- Japan's moribund economy...
...ater on, I considered her as a pain in the neck, more or less." The change of heart resulted in part from Ms. Currie's many phone calls in 1997 from Ms. Lewinsky, who was often distraught and sometimes in tears over her inability to get in touch with the President. Deeming her "a little bit pushy," Ms. Currie argued against bringing Ms. Lewinsky back to work at the White House, but the President told her and Ms. Scott, in Ms. Currie's words, "to still pursue her coming back." Indeed, according to Ms. Currie, the President "was pushing...
...caught the ball, for which somebody had offered $1 million, and gave it up straightaway. No, instead, look at the details. After McGwire hit the home run (see attached photo of the historic event), it turned into a Little League game. The excited new record holder forgot to touch first base until his coach pulled him back. He lifted his son and kissed him. He jumped into the stands to hug the Maris family. And if that wasn't somehow touching enough--the tribute to the veteran who never got to see his memorial--the camera went to a shot...
...touch with Christopher Sabec, a music agent who happened to discover teen-rock idols the brothers Hanson. Sabec believes that far from being the music industry's undoing, MP3 will be a boon. The recording industry has always made a profit by giving away product for free," Sabec pointed out, mentioning radio as the obvious example. He said lots of savvy bands are already using the technology to put free music samples online legally. The gambit especially works for folks trying to break into the music biz who are eager to get radio airtime. In fact, a new band that...
...There's no such thing as an absolute version anymore," says Bill Laswell, a musician and record producer who proved the point this summer with his remixed album of classic Miles Davis recordings, probably a jazz first. There is also a new version out of the 1958 film Touch of Evil; it is unique for having been re-edited according to the dictates of a 58-page memo written by Orson Welles after the film had been taken away from him by Universal Pictures. Welles, of course, is the patron saint of lost, botched and unfinished works. The reissue, says...