Word: touche
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...plane on a portable manual typewriter. She also traveled with Nixon's victorious 1968 campaign. Buchanan and his future wife met in New York City in 1967 when both worked at Nixon's law firm. In 1969 she became the presidential gatekeeper ("Now the place had a touch of class," recalls Pat). They were married in 1971 with President Nixon in attendance. They have no children...
Offensively, the Crimson could not get the ball inside to Snowden, the team's leading scorer and rebounder. And when they did, his touch was off, as the Mather House resident only sunk three of nine shots on the night...
...addition, Fuentes is able to manipulate his novel so as to also touch upon a much larger issue than love and betrayal. Although the book is ostensibly about the relationship of the author and Diana, the political and social issues of the world are brought together in a series of short glimpses of various side-characters. These vary from internationally prominent figures such as Luis Bunuel, to little-known people such as Diana's personal make-up artist. Each character presents a different outlook, but all reveal a time of much trouble and dishonesty...
...years the Republican solution for the grievances of the middle class have been lower taxes, less government. And the G.O.P. primary front runners are on message. With his plaid shirts and his footwork across the early primary states, Lamar Alexander has been straining for the common touch. But for the most part his populism identifies the standard G.O.P. villain, Washington. Steve Forbes? Enough said. As for Dole, his parents were so poor that during the Depression they moved the family to the basement of their house so they could rent the main floor to an oil company manager...
...hands with the crowd and cackles enthusiastically through every interview. The program is packed with elaborately produced comedy bits, most of them obvious and witless. It's Lincoln's birthday? Jay is seen as Honest Abe doing a TV commercial for his law practice. Guest Ellen DeGeneres has a touch of the flu? The show hires an ambulance to drive her onto the set. What separates Leno from Letterman (and from Carson before him) is the lack of any ironic distance. Carson made fun of those Carnac and Aunt Blabby sketches. Leno sells every bit like Professor Harold Hill...