Word: touching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...National Congress of Fascisti. In the Royal Box sat Mussolini gazing down upon the multitude with the air of a Caesar. On the stage was Deputy de Vecchi urging complete "Fascistization" of the State: "Our efforts will not be relaxed," he said, "until ultimate victory. Our chief cannot be touched without passing over our dead bodies"-the finishing touch which caused an uproarious rendition of the inevitable Fascist hymn, Giovinezza...
...people have to carry about a third again as many bills to purchase the same things, and many a dollar bill now has to be handled where silver change sufficed before; 2) the growth of the automobile industry has meant that garage men and gasoline vendors with oily hands touch much more money. There is nothing like oil to weaken the fibre and make a bill flabby, dirty...
With the thesis that "Uncle Sam Needs a Wife," finding a thousand flaws in our man-made government, a woman wrote a book.* It was calculated to show how the feminine touch would set things right. One of the chapters was titled, "Wanted-A Female Moses." Ida Clyde Clarke, the writer, found that women needed a leader-one chosen not by men, but by themselves-and proceeded likewise to state what, in her belief, constitutes the inadequacy of certain women leaders of today...
There will be no speeches or tryouts of any sort tonight, the Debating Council announced. Rather it is planned to make a list of all men who intend to compete so as to keep in touch with them during the summer and inform them of the subject that is picked. These competitors will be required to return to college a week or two earlier next fall, so as to afford time for ample preparation...
...severe tests by the famous Harvard accent, but, in time, we became insensible to it and could almost treat certain of the students as Americans. But aside from considerations of speech, there are marked differences in the external and internal structures of the two institutions that I intend to touch upon somewhat hastily and informally in these pages. My remarks are not in the nature of an exhaustive research into the theory of education, but rather reflect some of the impressions we have gained during the seven months we have been here...