Word: finger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind the curtain, Judge Streit found a vicious pattern of commercialized recruiting that begins with athletic scholarships and falsified admission records, proceeds through four years of such cinch courses as music appreciation and finger painting, and winds up with a squad of athletic hirelings who may be easy touches for fast-talking fixers. Among his findings...
...Dufy, etc.); in one corner is a grand piano which Fox likes to play. But his real fun is what he calls "dealing in special situations." By such deals, Fox has gained control of U.S. Leather Co., holds a dominating, if not controlling, interest in Western Union, has his finger in a handful of other companies, including one which is about to start prospecting for oil in Newfoundland...
...either direction. The method of making these hand signals is very explicitly described in the Law. For example: "An intention to turn to he left shall be indicated by extending the arm horizontally to the left of and beyond the side of the vehicle and by moving the index finger to the left...
Last week, grey and gnarled and living on the charity of friends, Gomez, now 61, appeared in Mexico City and demanded that the Defense Department give him a lieutenant colonel's pay of 1,000 pesos a month. The department refused, on the grounds that Gomez was a finger officer, i.e., an officer who got his rank when Villa pointed a finger and said, "You are a colonel." Replied Gomez with dignity: "I won my rank the hard way... A man such as I, who has died, at least has the right to eat daily." But at week...
Those who argue against spring football have one powerful argument. Many a hard pressed football coach has waggled a warning finger at a prospect in the spring and told him that if he intended to be among those present in the fall practice, he had better be around for spring practice. If the prospect wanted to study, run, row, or play lacrosse he might as well give up the idea of playing football...