Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...living symbol. He represented the darker side of an Italian psyche, the nightmare of the Italian middle-class. (As, say, Frankenstein was the dark side of the Romantic soul. And Pasolini was among the last Romantics.) Acting as Italy's walking conscience, Pasolini not only pointed an accusing finger at all the economic, political, aesthetic and emotional problems of the society, but internalized them, making them his own neuroses. A sensitive, intelligent individual, he could not accept the easy solutions: to be a member of the Catholic Church, to play the Italian lover, to ignore poverty and injustice around...
...portrayal of Father Ford bestowing a penitential blessing on a kneeling and presumably shriven New York City [Dec. 22]. I wonder if Conrad knows that he has the President of the United States giving the Boy Scout sign and not the ancient Christian gesture (index and middle fingers only) of God's peace. Intentional or unintentional, the bonus of that extra finger for New York serves to heighten the humor...
...senses an underlying anxiety on the part of white parents and children about competing with blacks in arenas where competence might be questioned." In other words, they are afraid that the blacks will outperform them. Yet Greentrees whites often imitate black mannerisms when playing with other whites. Reports Schafft: "Finger snapping and bottom twisting accompany a 'Hey, man, you're goin' get it!' or, looking at the floor, head tilted, a white child will do a short dance, just before the punch line of a joke...
...goatskin drum), fiddles, harps, an oboe and, most glorious of all, the Irish bagpipes, more precisely known as the uilleann (elbow) pipes. Unlike Scottish bagpipes, which are breath-blown, the Irish pipes are pumped by a bellows under the right arm of the player, who must be able to finger and pump at the same time...
...keep hanging out with them, you're gonna get a bad reputation." Rocky refuses to recognize the values of the street. Nor can he bend to the instructions of his employer, a local loan shark. Instead of "breaking the thumbs" of a client Rocky only points a warning finger and cautions "You should a' planned ahead," shaking his head, "You should a' planned ahead...