Word: touche
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Kagame realized, however, that the rebels could not fight Mobutu alone. This opinion was shared by Kagame's close personal friend, President Museveni in neighboring Uganda, an implacable foe of Mobutu's. So Museveni put Kagame in touch with his old friend and fellow bush fighter, Kabila. The two men cut a deal: in exchange for being given command over the 2,000 Zairian Tutsi soldiers, Kabila agreed to conduct a broadly based revolution aimed at toppling Mobutu from power...
...assistance didn't end there. The rebel leader stays in close touch with his foreign patrons. At least twice each week, Museveni talks with Kabila on a satellite phone and dispenses what he calls "political advice." Museveni denies Zairian claims that large numbers of his troops are fighting with the rebels, but diplomats do not rule out the possibility that the assistance he provides Kabila has been more than verbal...
...touch of bravura was uniquely Swarttouw, but the candor about voluntary death was typically Dutch. While euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide remain taboo subjects in much of Europe and are contentious topics in the U.S., they have been openly debated and researched for more than 20 years in Holland, which has a record of pragmatism in dealing with thorny social issues like drugs and abortion. Euthanasia is still, under Dutch law, a crime punishable by up to 12 years in prison. But in fact, the Netherlands has tolerated the practice for more than a decade, and the number of cases...
...quite colorful cartoon that portrayed me as stomping up and down on the campaign signs of my opponent [NOTEBOOK, Dec. 2, 1996]. The irony is that through all my campaigns, I told my staff we had one inviolable commandment: "Touch our opponent's private property, their signs, etc., and you will be fired." In early February my opponent's spouse was fined $640 for destroying my signs. Oh, how justice can be healing! On Feb. 26, a congressional committee voted to hold hearings on voter fraud in my still-contested election. That makes five ongoing election-fraud investigations in California
Schuppert's voice initially seemed to have a shade too much vibrato and a touch of shrillness in the upper notes. Fortunately, as the show went on, she exhibited an excellent technique and impressive range which were put to especially effective use in Gilda's virtuosic solo...