Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spent a lot of time walking around Hanoi taking pictures. One night we went into a museum which was showing posters. The place was full of kids. I went up to one of the posters and started to put my finger on it to see if it was an original or a print. I looked around to see if there was a guard, but there was none. I asked my guide about this and he seemed confused. I had to explain to him that I would have thought that with a museum full of kids one would need guards...
...Mary I. Bunting, 60, president of Radcliffe College: You can count the number of women that have been seriously suggested for Harvard's presidency on one finger, and her name is Mary I. Bunting. Unfortunately, the headline of this article tells the story...
...Insert finger, tug and quaff: in those few seconds, the aluminum ring atop a pop-top can of beer or soda fulfills its function and becomes instant junk. Garbage men hate the rings because the sharp edges can cut. So do barefooted hippies and strollers on the beach. So do conservationists, who lament the litter. To at least one man, however, pop-top rings are a source of inspiration and income-and the raw material for a revival of a medieval fashion...
...shops across the country, insists that "by starting to push the midi last winter, Women's Wear killed not only the fall season for manufacturers but the spring season too." And Mildred Sullivan, director of the New York Couture Business Council, adds: "I don't hesitate to point the finger directly at Women's Wear for the outrageous situation. They have consumers believing the Longuette is the only style they should wear...
...true, and raises the question of just how much Sunday supplemental escapee-from-Devil's Island experience he has incorporated as his own. For example, on one cavale (escape) he gets help from an island full of lepers, and when one hands him some coffee, a whole diseased finger comes off and sticks to the bowl...