It's really important to have some foundational touchstones, some core shows you watch together, sacred, untouchable programming free from the distractions of the outside world.
Her raised fist returned to her heart, seeking a touchstone.
But the major things are present: WiFi, camera, Bluetooth, dual-core support, Netflix, even charging via the Touchstone.
As this Briefing notes, financial economics continued to rapidly evolve after the establishment of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis as a touchstone of financial economics, challenging its core tenets and finding places in which it failed.
At the core of the debate are assertions that are touchstones for evolutionary psychologists: that evolution favored promiscuity in men but choosiness in women and that the male of the species evolved to prefer young women because they are more likely to bear children.
But the rotation of the earth is an unreliable touchstone: churning magma in the planet's core, the growth and shrinkage of sea ice, and wind battering mountains all lead to microseconds of variation in the duration of its daily rotation.
As the world of opportunities and challenges in front of brands expands ever-greater, the core concept of automation seems like a worthwhile, functional touchstone to bear in mind.
The two main elements in Noh acting were monomane, "an imitation of things," or the representational aspect, and yūgen, the symbolic aspect and spiritual core of the Noh, which took precedence and which became the touchstone of excellence in the Noh.
Many philosophical schools have at their core one particular thinker or even one central work which serves as a canonical touchstone.
But those concerns coincided with a recognition that a prolonged diversion into social conservative touchstones - abortion and contraception - had diverted the campaign from its core economic message, giving Mr. Santorum an opening.
