In no particular order: technology, the underground, ghosts, self-invented systems, rock 'n' roll, Fluxus, robotics, comics, California dreaming, religion, adolescence, crackpot utopias, skateboarding, death, light, drugs, grassroots politics -- and touch, touch, touch.
Harrison writes well with a light touch, but her touch is devastating nonetheless.
The Puerto Rican day parade has always been policed with a relatively light touch; this year the touch was too light.The political reactions have been little short of bizarre.
Mysteriously, he makes no reference to his 2005 speech to the Confederation of British Industry when he said that the regulation of financial services should involve "not just a light touch but a limited touch".
In 2005 he called for "trust in the responsible company, the engaged employee and the educated consumer" and insisted that regulation should have "not just a light touch but a limited touch".
"We have got to make better decisions about whether the heavy touch or the light touch is required and focus on how do we get them back into communities and families," said Gail Mumford, a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a child advocacy group.
She added: "A comedy like this requires a light touch, and Matthew has a light touch in everything he does: his singing, his dancing.
His light touch was deceptive.
His light touch might help.
Mr. Bronfman performed with a light touch.
Marjoram inspires a light touch.
