Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second half, Yale stormed back to the tune of three touch-downs, two of which came in the fourth quarter. The Elis attempted an onside kick with two minutes remaining in the game, but Jeff Compas dove on the ball, and the Crimson took possession...
...back Andrew Lundquist's throw-in, Bengtzen tapped a quick touch pass to McLaughlin, who dribbled up and found Silva near the goal line on the left wing. Silva drew Hartwick's Doneit out of the net and then slipped a backdoor pass to Kohler for the easy tally...
...Clinton ran as a deficit-cutting, budget-balancing, welfare-reforming President who now believes 16-year-olds should have a drug test before they get a driver's license. Voters did reject the G.O.P. approach to education and the environment, but Republicans knew they were so badly out of touch that they began pumping money and life into both back in the summer...
...during a late-night interview on Air Force One, the President told reporters that he was "trying to get people out of their funk." The Clintonites, Penn and Schoen felt, were mired in their 1992 mind-set, avoiding what they called "the Bush mistake"--appearing to be out of touch by talking about economic progress when folks were hurting...
...attempting to question Thurmond's competence by showing the stooped and unsteady Senator being assisted down a corridor could not save his race. Though a majority of South Carolinians believe he should retire, Thurmond remains a tremendously popular figure in the state, known for his personal touch, and still spirited enough to call himself "the Thurmondator" in his folksy campaign appearances at Wal-Marts, barbecue restaurants and on courthouse steps. "This is the most traditional state in the Union," says Charles Dunn, a Clemson University political scientist. "We don't have a history of turning people out to pasture...