Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many psychologists and psychiatrists point an accusing finger at faulty parent-child relationships, particularly early in a child's life. Studies show that overly lax, overly strict or erratic child rearing contributes to delinquency, while a generally "firm but kind" approach inhibits...
Crazy like Napoleon. Margaux has picked up the fashion world and wrapped it round her little finger; she has tamed the press and subdued Madison Avenue. "It's like a fairy tale," she agrees. "But blah blah, woof woof, as Jimi Hendrix used to say." Says Miss Mary, Ernest Hemingway's widow (and Margaux's step-grandmother): "She was such a nice healthy kid, I hope nothing spoils her, natch." About her publicity-hating grandfather, Margaux is admiringly respectful, exulting: "Grandpa's spirit's in my marrow." But she prefers people to realize that...
...live quietly with the frustration of implementing non-goals for departments whose criteria for tenure virtually excluded minorities. But in his annual report Leonard named names for the first time, citing drops in black enrollment at the graduate schools of business and design and going on to point the finger even more directly: "It is also difficult to explain or believe that the Department of History or the Department of English cannot find a black man or woman in the entire country with the qualifications to hold a tenured position in their august departments...
...hard to put a grade on somebody's finger-painting or feces-smearing," he said...
...board-breaking exhibition at the Capital Centre in suburban Maryland. Anderson, however, showed that punching lumber can be tougher than hitting typewriter keys. While a crowd of 7,000 looked on, the columnist karate-chopped a stack of wood -and cracked a bone in the knuckle of his little finger...