touchstones

• “His touchstones were the Roman Coliseum and the Taj Mahal.”

  Simon & Schuster: Sugar Skull

• “Whether it is in our own lives or the life of a communal effort like the early space program, it is important to preserve "touchstones".”

  Save Historic Mercury Mission Control Center - NASA Watch

• “You start to not have those kind of touchstones we all need.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2003

• “Technological hurdles, privacy concerns and a culture of secrecy have kept the president from making transparency one of the "touchstones" of his tenure.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “In Episode 4 they spend it together in pursuit of the same goal and we have fun with that, but they are in a way each other's touchstones.”

  Switched at Birth Creator Says Bay and Emmett Have Conflict Ahead; Plus: Can Daphne Move On?

• “Blumenauer, 61, finds himself fighting to retain one of the touchstones for liberals this year, a public insurance option in the health care overhaul, and is watching his hopes of curbingglobal warminggrow cold in the Senate.”

  The Rev. Chuck Currie:

• “His work, he says, is more akin to novel writing than fine art, though on this evidence Borges or Kafka, rather than Agatha Christie, are his touchstones.”

  The Guardian: Ryan Gander: Locked Room Scenario – review

• “The filmmakers droop theological, philosophical and mythological touchstones into all of their films, including their most whimsical comedies.”

  The Huffington Post: Cathleen Falsani: 'True Grit'? True Grace.

• “Under Cover Of Darkness" effortlessly weaves together the full lineage of Strokes touchstones without sounding like a tired retreading of the past.”

  The Huffington Post: LISTEN: The Strokes Debut New Single

• “Getty Images Tracy Pollan with Michael J. Fox "This is really a show about pop-culture touchstones that have withstood the test of time," Mr. Jones announced to the full house pun intended.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Garrett's Girls, Sweathogs Reunite at Awards

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