Word: finger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...down, the government froze rents after the war. A comfortable four-room apartment, if the owner lived in it before the war, is pegged at about $12 a month; he often sublets two or three rooms for $30 a month each and pockets $60 to $90 without lifting a finger. The landlord, getting only the official $12 a month, cannot afford to pay taxes and keep up repairs. Result: no repairs are made, and many apartment buildings are slowly rotting away...
...nation's growing child population was reflected in the growing sales of juveniles, but good imaginative writing for moppets was as rare as it was for their elders. One intelligent bookseller bluntly put his finger on the truth: "We are publishing to please teachers and librarians, not to delight children and make them lifelong readers...
...19th Hole still feeling fresh, Power Cadd, Inc., Littleton, Colo, has put on sale a power-driven cart that carries golf bags (one-or two-bag models), operates on two 12-volt batteries. A switch regulates the Power-Caddy's speed; a swivel wheel gives finger-tip steering. Price: around...
Watkins jabbed his finger at G.O.P. Senators. They remained silent in their places-at least those of them who were not out in the back room trying to cook up a deal to let Joe off. But later Watkins' Utah colleague, Republican Senator Wallace Bennett, a former president of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced that he would propose additional contempt action against McCarthy for abusing the Watkins committee...
...laid bare a rib, Dr. Artusio asked: "Can you nod your head?" Edna nodded. Dr. Glenn lifted a pair of shears and snipped out the rib. Then he cut deeper, through the layers of the heart sac, until the pulsing organ itself was laid bare. He plunged his gloved finger into it and wiggled his fingertip, so that it tore some of the scar tissue and enlarged the opening in the mitral valve in order to let more blood flow from the left auricle to the left ventricle. Throughout the delicate operation, Edna was conscious. As the incision was being...