Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tiny bit more attentive to the power of the repeated image over the young. But after criticizing what's there, think about what's missing. Can we please have a little grandeur and depth in movies? Not of armies on parade or edifying soap operas, but of stories that touch our essential humanity, told with care and flair. Is it possible for a film to resonate in a billion heads at once, hooking adults as intensely as fairy tales once mesmerized kids? Can we have a film that is smart, pure and funny and, just by the way, a little...
...continuing-care community now would give him a leg up on creating a new life. Not only is it a high-quality facility, but it's also close to Princeton, where he has lived and worked for nearly 40 years. He'd be able to stay in close touch with friends and relatives, including my family and me. (My brother lives 300 miles away...
...hard to imagine where women would be without her. Ruth put substance over style. She was fearless, solid, unwavering. There wasn't a phony bone on her regal Katharine Hepburnesque frame. She never underestimated women's intelligence, regularly publishing articles most women's magazines wouldn't touch, from "The Racism of Well-Meaning White People" to "Inside Tailhook: From the Woman Who Changed the Navy." One of the first things Ruth did at Glamour was change the annual college competition from the best dressed to the most accomplished, to focus on women's achievements, not their hairdos. She created Glamour...
Heroes walk alone, but they become myths when they ennoble the lives and touch the hearts of all of us. For those who love soccer, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, generally known as Pele, is a hero...
...village banks are interesting for how they very carefully design their programs with the knowledge of human behavior and psychology," he says. "People who work in the banks are very in touch with the people who take loans...