Word: touched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vermeer: in each, a glowing, red-shaded lamp throws its light on one or two girls sitting by the window, staring blankly at the street. Their skirts are invariably hiked above their knees; their transparent blouses are pulled low. Occasionally a girl will indolently stretch out her leg, or touch her hair with a slow, formalized gesture. By law, Dutch prostitutes are forbidden to ply their trade on the streets, but there is nothing the police can do to prevent a woman's sitting at her window in De Walletjes...
...Touch of Innocence, by Katherine Dunham. A sensitively written account of the famous dancer's troubled childhood...