Word: finger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which goes with the title. Later, another tradition was followed when the father of an alumnus invited the varsity members to be his guests for a day of pheasant hunting on his 1,500-acre estate near Princeton. In fine fettle, Tiger Star Dick Kazmaier-proved that his trigger finger was just as good as his passing eye by bagging a brace of birds...
...Gania Borodin had a favor to ask of her famous father: Could she play a duet with him on the piano? Russian Composer Alexander Borodin beamed-it was news to him that his little girl could play at all. But he listened while she picked out "Chopsticks" with a finger of each hand. Fascinated, he began to improvise a ten-finger accompaniment in the bass while she pecked...
...dispatches, stayed in Europe for the Times until called home in 1930, built up the Times's crack foreign staff. One of his best-known leads was on the 1918 Armistice: "In a twinkling, four years of killing and massacre stopped as if God had swept His omnipotent finger across the scene of world carnage and had cried, 'Enough...
From the canteen we went to the last blood pressure and medical history department. The nurse in charge there was harried. "Very busy day," she said, "must have had over 400--blood pressure normal--every time I've started to do anything--let me prick your finger to see if you've got enough iron--I've had interruptions--been sick in the past month?--well the day is nearly over. Go drink some water and sit down in that line...
...then poured some water into one of the pans, threw in some carrots which he had just diced (he almost cut off his finger with a wild sweep of the carving knife), and lit the burner on the stove. He was working fast, and Liz followed him about the kitchen admiringly...