Word: touchings
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...city when they themselves have never been to a small town. (Nantucket does not count.) Liberals may jostle, hoping to win back the heartland vote with a hypothetical Messianic, charismatic Democrat. But for many land-locked liberals like myself, it is still heartland conservatives who are more in touch with the sentiments of most Americans—even if they are not the people who would be best in office. I am constantly amazed by Harvard students’ ignorance of parts of the U.S. that aren’t “privileged” enough...
...adopting a Pentagon- sponsored position on SDI testing that the Soviets as well as many congressional and allied leaders insist would be a violation of the 1972 treaty limiting antiballistic missiles (ABMS). The combination of resumed testing and what would amount to a scrapping of the ABM treaty could touch off more protests against Administration policy, both at home and abroad...
...overhead, and the brilliant flare of a welder's torch flickers on the rock walls. Labyrinthine cables coil along the floor, and the tunnel reverberates with a sometimes deafening din, punctuated by shouts and horn blasts. In an eerily normal scene near ground zero, a surveyor chats on a Touch-Tone wall phone. The atmosphere is that of an underground lab rather than a staging ground for Armageddon...
...you’ve only recently gotten engaged. Did you guys lose touch between then...
...Long pause] I don’t know. I guess that’d be a good question for any graduating student. I guess I’m totally open to it, and my friends will know how to get in touch with...