Were there touchstones you were thinking of for the characters?
STEVEN A. LUDSIN New York, July 10, 2012 To the Editor: In the accompanying graphic, "Catskill Touchstones," you refer to The Forward, America's leading independent Jewish newspaper, as essential reading of the past.
You have similar cultural touchstones, you know?
If you grew up in the 1990s, there are a few cultural touchstones you'll have in common with other children of that era.
Gerard Manley Hopkins was an early touchstone for you.
I'm their touchstone, if you will.
If you appreciate his employment of colloquial grammar to create a derivative language which stands as a semiotic ghetto cultural touchstone, then you might just be my ho.
Ed Kleinbard is a tax expert who embodies one of my personal touchstones: if you really understand something, you can explain it to anyone.
As we ordered, Godard decried the state of the world, using the cinema as a touchstone: "Before, if you had a little money, you could make a film like Cassavetes.
Among his earliest roles with the company were Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (a role he inherited from Kempe) and Touchstone in As You Like It.
