Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With his left index finger pressing an imaginary headset to his ear, picking up some imaginary messages from his invisible television crew, Herbie began to provide the details (not always entirely accurate, but always authentic sounding) of the collegiate contest before us. "The bases are full and a home run could hurt Harvard here...
Herbie's opening interview came with ace first base coach Barry Cronin, who wasn't quite sure what to do about this kid with his finger to his ear asking him questions. Herbie was undaunted by Cronin's nonchalance, and managed a few answers from the team newcomer, who was trying to talk to someone else at the same time...
...circle. Finally a certain force in the accumulated material begins to form a pattern. Most people think that you build a skeleton and then you know whether you are going to write a dog, a giraffe or whatever. What happens, in fact, is that you do a perfect little finger, and then you do four others, and then you write a wrist. You begin to get a sense of what kind of animal it might...
...noodles. Tenement after tenement after tenement appear, endless duplicates of shambling brick, cracked windows, and beaten roofs. Behind, the buildings of Manhattan's East Side stand fiercely on the edge of the island, presenting a glittering metallic wall. A few blocks away, a teenage girl with red-painted finger nails picks up a laundry basket in the greasy kitchen of her small home. She turns down the light of the hamburgers crackling on the stove and goes out onto the back porch, where blouses, pants, and underwear hang on a clothesline. She begins taking down the garments, putting the clothespins...
Sprague's finger pointed to Boyle...