Word: touchingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have heard Dole complain that the "campaign wants me to pander to everybody." It is they who suggested that Dole make a strong statement about race relations at the time of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March--an idea the campaign nixed, saying the topic was "too hot" to touch...
...TOOK HALF A DECADE and some very lean seasons for most designers to figure out what women were looking for in the '90s. But one, Miuccia Prada, knew the answer all along: wearable clothes with a touch of class. Prada is a cult that is about to become a movement. The popular thing to say about the Prada style is that it looks like nothing--but that is meant as a compliment. Instead of making a bold statement, like Versace or Lacroix, the clothes are unassertive, combining traditional good manners and an ultramodern industrial sleekness...
...know what kind of interest level they have in you and what plans they have for you in the program," Halfnight says. "If you have a particular skill they're lacking, like scoring, they'll make that clear. They'll say they're really interested in your scoring touch, they need some goals and they want...
...show ends with a postmodern touch by appearing to circle back to the opening scene: Bobby's surprise birthday party. Every year he shows up and pretends to be surprised, but this time there's no Bobby. He leaves the couples content to blow out the candles alone, while Robert stands by, hidden in the shadows. The abrupt ending seems suprisingly insubstantial, resisting clear answers or profound revelations. Still, in an age where the ponderous pseudo-drama of "Les Mis" still packs the house most nights in New York (and, terrifyingly, in London, and Dallas, and Des Moines...), Sondheim provides...
This country needs a muscular form of liberalism that is more in touch with the militant spirit of the '60s than the compromising spirit of the '90s. But this leadership will probably have to come from the streets and the masses rather than the weaklings in Washington. And new liberal leadership, while recognizing America's class problems, cannot return to the tired ideas of Marx...