Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Dever had not returned to her Lucerne apartment for fear of arrest on U.S. child-concealment charges, Shah said, he has been in touch with her by phone and has put the girls on to talk with their mother. He said he has told Dever that "we'll work it out. We are going to put our egos aside and do what's right for the girls...
...sharp, "My eyes say their prayers to her/sailors ring her bell/Like a moth mistakes a light bulb/For the moon and goes to hell." From the grinding sturm und drang of "Big in Japan" to the bittersweet strum and twang of "Pony," Waits finds a little bit o' grit, a touch of tenderness and plenty of humor in the everything-in-between...
Hwang hints at this role reversal in the title with M. for Monsieur in place of Madame. This clever touch is hardly subtle. While he successfully manages to assemble a vast panorama of social and political issues, Hwang sometimes tries so hard to get his point across, he practically beats it into our heads with a sledgehammer. His message is an important one, but its didactic presentation eclipses the humor he tries so hard to achieve...
...sharp, "My eyes say their prayers to her/sailors ring her bell/Like a moth mistakes a light bulb/For the moon and goes to hell." From the grinding sturm und drang of "Big in Japan" to the bittersweet strum and twang of "Pony," Waits finds a little bit o' grit, a touch of tenderness and plenty of humor in the everything-in-between...
...recent months, high-level sources have said the talks have been touch-and-go. They have noted that if either side had chosen to break off discussions at any point--as they were at times seriously considering--the relationship would simply have remained as it currently stands...