Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the 1996 Act did touch off this buyout binge, it also allowed other competitors, including cable-TV firms, to enter the business. And on Wall Street, the big phone mergers are now regarded with skepticism (and some concern that Washington will intervene). Both GTE and Bell Atlantic stocks slipped last week. AT&T--which took a hit after announcing a merger with TCI--ticked up after the British Telecom deal...
Beyond appealing to popular issues, many of the candidates attempted to show they were in touch with the audience by discussing their own modest upbringings...
After our eyes were adjusted to the low light, we went up to the black rectangle and looked at it, and we still weren't impressed. Then I went to touch it, and it wasn't there. As far as I reached in any direction from the edge of the rectangle, there was nothing, and there was nothing to see. It really looked like a "limitless space." I was very impressed, and now it is my favorite piece, because it tricked me into thinking that it was stupid...
Still, Zuccarini insisted that his club was not some beer-guzzling strip joint or touch club. His security staff does not hesitate to ask a drunk man to leave the club or to remind customers that the dancers will not fully unclothe unless they see the tips start flowing. The bigger the bills, the better...
...scope of their calls, the EIS team turned up the motorcyclist who had passed through town long enough for his two-glass dose of local water on Friday, June 26. In the days since, he had developed a confirmed O157 infection. Because E. coli can be passed by touch from one person to another before it's unknowingly ingested, it was possible that he had picked up the bug from one of his friends in Alpine. But the water-bacteria link was too promising to ignore. Breuer also contacted LaFonda Scott, the woman who had organized the family reunion...