Word: touche
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...monster maven's feast of detail about Japanese moviemaking in the innocent, pre-digital age. "His seemingly simple approach to special visual effects is in fact the result of a master craftsmanship like that seen in Japanese fine arts, a handmade approach," Ragone writes of Tsuburaya, "and a human touch that resonates beyond the chilly, pixellated near-perfection of today's computer-generated imaging...
...says Korn Chatikavanij, the party's deputy secretary general. "Our record in government is solid." Democrats are also banking on Abhisit Vejjajiva, 43, their fresh-faced, Oxford-educated leader. Abhisit is clearly Prime Ministerial material, but remains untested in high public office and is said to lack the common touch. Samak dismisses Abhisit as an "unripe mango," but comparative youth could be an advantage in a Cretaceous...
...vote for who’s in that party and can represent their actual beliefs and not just vote for the party in the end.” Anyone who forwards the application to their Facebook friends is automatically entered in a competition with prizes including an iPod Touch and an all-expenses-paid trip for two to a taping of “The Colbert Report” in New York. Zhu said the prizes attracted her as much as the cause. “The problem with the application is that they don’t really care...
...would probably like this one.) “You get co-opted by the group and you start pushing for its interests over your ideals,” he says. “Taking part in the student government is important to me, no matter how out of touch it may be.” And if you passed Krahel camped out in front of Matthews last spring, you know that he’s more than just another low-profile campus politician. As a member of SLAM, Krahel participated in the infamous hunger strike for Harvard security workers, proving...
...Miller originally wanted a career as a professional musician, but planned to concentrate in economics to avoid becoming “a broke professional musician.” But an unpleasant experience in Calculus BC led him to abandon those plans, and Miller vowed to “never touch math again.” Then Miller took Math 1b his sophomore year, where a course assistant encouraged him to concentrate in mathematics. Soon, Miller was presenting original research at professional math conferences. “The nerve to talk in front of all those people...