Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...part of the student security team. The main security for the event consisted of examining the credentials the guests were required to wear around their necks at all times. Before entering the door to the floor, we had to stop everyone and examine their credentials by sight and by touch. Of course, this system held up the traffic flow, but most guests were generally sympathetic and understanding of the reasons for the precautions...
Many press critics argue that it is not the news but the way journalists cover it that has turned off the public. In his book Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, James Fallows, now the editor of U.S. News & World Report, argues that journalists have lost touch with their audience by becoming too elitist, too self-involved, too cynical. Stories about politics, for instance, focus mainly on campaign strategy--the "horse race," rather than substantive issues that have an impact on people's lives. "[Journalists] increasingly present public life mainly as a depressing spectacle, rather than...
...Though researchers are not sure why, African Americans over age 65 who DRINK MODERATELY--up to four glasses of alcohol a week--seem to have greater memory recall and ability to process information than those who never touch liquor...
...feel particularly responsible for analysis when the statistics and facts concern Canada; I have always prided myself on staying in touch with our neighbors to the north. Not to boast, but several years ago I set the American- columnist record for consecutive columns mentioning Canada (two). If Clinton had blowout numbers in Canada, it was up to me to say what they meant...
...turned a couple of Pilots over to a test panel of TIME readers. The machines got a double thumbs up. David Yarmosky, a TIME subscriber from Beltsville, Maryland, used the one-touch link between PC and Pilot to store a full day's notes and appointments in his pocket. Steve Korovich of Woodhaven, New York, was pleased with Pilot's simple iconic interface. "I liked the machine," Korovich said. "It ran quite smoothly...