Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush chose not to elaborate on his "mistakes," but he did touch on the problems and scandals of the Clinton administration...
...mistake J. Anthony Lewis '48 for old-fashioned or out-of-touch. For half a century, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times has been an innovator in his field, a leader among journalists and politicians alike. He remains an unabashed liberal at a time when most in public life shun the label...
...brainchild of William L. Alden '50, VeritasFilms got off the ground with its firstfeature-length production, Touch of theTimes...
Digital cameras let you do some things film versions don't, including showing your pictures on a TV and, once they're in your PC, e-mailing them anywhere. You can also touch up your photos (and eliminate, say, ex-spouses) after the fact with picture-editing software such as Adobe's PhotoDeluxe. And a digital's memory card, unlike film, is reusable...
Truman's trek will take him on a rough sailing to the edge of his universe--so close he can literally touch it--and to the shattering answers to the questions consuming him. This makes The Truman Show a quest movie. Our hero's need to know himself and his place in the universe gives the viewer a passionate rooting interest. But like any supple parable, the film allows for several plausible interpretations. It is also about control--the control we try to exercise over ourselves and others, using stratagems of love, hope and fear. Most people think they have...