Word: touched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cross from Marc," Petruccelli said. "It was headed my way and I just got the first touch and put it past the goalie...
...changed since the last time the Democrats had a primary fight on their hands. In 1992 Bill Clinton challenged his party to scrap the philosophy that had lost five of the past six elections and get back in touch with mainstream values: work, family, personal responsibility, free markets, accountable government. When he tried to do something very big, like overhaul the entire health-care system, it yielded a fiery Republican Congress. By 1996, Bill Bradley had given up on politics and Bill Clinton had conceded that "the era of Big Government is over...
...break bread with them after several talks with the Rev. Mel White, a 60-year-old gay activist who runs Soulforce, an ecumenical gay group. White and Falwell used to be pals; White, a former filmmaker and writer for conservative causes, ghostwrote Falwell's autobiography. But they lost touch after December 1991, when White, tired of fighting his true nature and incensed by one of Falwell's fund-raising pitches, came out to Falwell. Within two years, White was working full time for gay causes, blasting Falwell and other conservatives...
...take," they say. Many homesick freshmen think they'll be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving, so parents can help by letting them know they're welcome to return if they feel the need. In the meantime, parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids. One of the best is e-mail. It's less intrusive--and less expensive--than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten letter...
Gold says she considers her shops fashionable boutiques and O'Connell Street the perfect location. Ireland has already become a proven market: Ann Summers holds 200 home parties a week there. Since the company does no advertising, Gold understands that a touch of controversy--so long as it's as relatively demure as the image she is trying to promote--can't hurt...