common touch

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common touch

The ability to appeal to the interests and sensibilities of the ordinary person: "an effective administrator and also an effective leader, with a common touch" (Christian Science Monitor).

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common touch - the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them)

signature, touch - a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"

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signature touch			There's nothing like the common touch - and Mandelson has nothing like the common touch. Clouds do have a silver lining by The Mirror (London, England) OK, he used to be funny but he's lost the common touch. Give your show a miss, Chris.. Comment OF THE DAY: Yourview by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Perhaps he thinks it gives him the common touch and the Rotherhamites he's dealing with, who have a colourful turn of phrase themselves, will find him more acceptable. Time to clean up the act Jamie; WEEKAND by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			common sickle pine common snapping turtle common snowberry common soldier common sorrel common speedwell common spindle tree common spoonbill common spotted orchid common St John's wort common staghorn fern common starling common stinkhorn common stock common stock equivalent common sunflower common supplies common tarweed common teasel common thorn apple Common thrift common thyme common time common tobacco common topaz common touch common unicorn plant common use common use alternatives common user item common valerian common vetchling common viper common wallaby common wart common wasp common water snake common watercress common wheat common white dogwood common winterberry holly common wolffia common wood sorrel common wormwood common year common yellowthroat common yellowwood common zebra common-law common-law marriage common-sense			common thyme common thyme common thyme Common Tier Common Tier 1 System Common Tier Three Common Tiger Snake Common Tiger Snake common time common time Common Time Frequency System Common Timing Protocol Common Timing System Common To common to many Common Toad Common toad-flax Common toad-flax Common toadflax Common toadflax common tobacco Common tongue Common tongue Common tongue Common Tool Set common topaz Common Topographic Operating Environment Common Tortoise-shell Common Tortoise-shell Common Tortoise-shell common touch Common Toxicity Criteria Common Toxicity Criteria Grade Common Toxicity Criteria, Version 2 Common Toxicological Criteria Common Track Block Common Track Data Store Common Track Storage Location Common Track Store Locator Common Track Stores Common Traffic Advisory Frequency Common Traffic Channel Common Training Instrumentation Architecture Common Training Task Common Transfer System Common Transitional System - Army Common Transport Protocol Common Transport Semantic Common Transport Trunk Group Common Transporter Erector Common traverse Common Treecreeper Common Trouble Ticket System Common Trust Fund Common TTEC and Test Framework

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