Word: touched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first Silverman declined to talk, so we had to get in touch with practically everybody who ever knew him and try to put together a composite profile," says Shields, who even tracked down one of Silverman's college fraternity brothers. After many phone calls and a chance meeting with Silverman at a party, she received word that he had changed his mind...
...cardiovascular system of dogs." A similar result is found among human patients-even people in deep comas often show improved heart rates when their hands are held by doctors or nurses. Lynch's point is that medical personnel intuitively know the healing value of the human touch but sometimes manage to overlook the principle because it seems unscientific...
Though it may touch their lives in several ways, most Americans had never heard of correspondent banking until the troubles of Budget Boss Bert Lance hit the headlines. One suspicion that was raised about Lance was that he used his position as head of the relatively small National Bank of Georgia to get personal loans from bigger banks with which the NBG had correspondent relationships. Although Comptroller of the Currency John Heimann last week found that Lance had done nothing to warrant criminal prosecution, he added that the whole affair "raises unresolved questions about what constitutes acceptable banking practice...
...plan (Washington's approval is not required). He requested that his baggage weight limit be lifted from 33 to 44 Ibs., equal to what the larger carriers will offer. To offset the bigger lines' advantage of landing at convenient Heathrow Airport, Laker wants to touch down at Gatwick, which is served by rail (though it is still about 40 minutes from London) and more accessible than the far-off Stansted field, where he first proposed to land. He also wants to sell tickets through travel agents instead of only at airports, and, most important, to operate more than...
...chase crew-Dougie's father and Lewis-follows by car, keeping in touch by CB radio. We have been aloft in the midsummer air for nearly an hour, using a tank of propane and traveling eight miles, when Dougie spots a convenient grassy knoll. He releases the hot air and drops us gently to the ground. Now it is time for the champagne...