Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pain in her joints, and developed small red blotches on her skin and ulcers in her throat and mouth. Nurse Wine was flown to a larger mission hospital at Jos, in centra] Nigeria. There she died within 30 hours, but not until Nurse Charlotte Shaw had used her finger and a swab to cleanse the mouth ulcers. Nurse Shaw had nicked her finger earlier in the day while cutting roses. Although she had bandaged it and used an antiseptic, she fell ill soon after treating Nurse Wine. Her symptoms were as various as they were baffling. Dr. Jeanette Troup drew...
...nine hours. The infant weighed 5 Ibs. She had a sloping forehead, poorly differentiated, low-set ears, a broad nose with prominent bridge, and bilateral epicanthic folds. A slight fatty hump was noted at the nape of the neck. Both hands had simian creases. The left hand had four fingers (thumb and three fingers); a rudimentary sixth finger was attached to the right hand. The right foot showed a slight deformity. A roentgenogram taken after death showed eleven pair of thin ribs, absence of part of the sacrum, and dislocation of both hips...
...strip Wednesday afternoon, with sweat dripping down my head, the welt' on my chest, a cut on the index finger of my free hand, and a general feeling of claustrophobia as I looked out of the cage that protected my head, I realized, as Falstaff had, that honor is only a word. Battle is only for fools...
...battle between Cetrulo and the Columbia coaches reached a new height this year in the Crimson-Lion match. After being taunted mercilessly by the Columbia coaches. Larry turned to the Lion bench and gave the coaches the finger...
Giving the finger to a coach is part of the Cetrulo approach to fencing. "The amount of hostility and aggression you can generate within the strip will determine how well you do." he said...