Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...father, who was fond of guns, gave him. There is also an orgone blanket. Roughly 2 ft. by 3 ft., it is simply a layer of natural wool backed with steel wool that is kept in place by a fine mesh screen. "I used it recently on a cut finger and it healed quickly," says Peter. He also practices a few other Reichian techniques, including screaming and forced vomiting to soften up the "muscular armor"-the uptightness of the body that Wilhelm Reich believed could interfere with the healthy flow of orgone...
...totally unexpected paroxysm involving every part of his body, he gives the downbeat. Throughout the performance, Solti's body language is dramatically explicit. The violins are brought in with huge lefthanded scoops to the floor. The trumpets are cued by the riveting spear of an arm and index finger. A starburst of fingers summons the crash of the cymbals. Moments of lyrical romance come with the left hand cradled near the heart, the right hand beating coronas of love high above. Passages of staccato brilliance are paced by chopping up and down with both arms. A furious backhand indicates...
...Watergate affair has made it very unpleasant for Nixonian Washington. As soon as an Administration official lifts his arm to point the finger, he finds an accusing finger poking him sharply in the back...
...heavy emphasis ensuring that suspected subversives never cause trouble again. The routine called "disarticulation," a word that used in Brazil to mean the "breaking up of a gang." A student in Sao Paulo was rather severely disarticulated this month, for example, after apparently reneging on a promise to finger one of his friends. Before springing the trap, he supposedly went to a bar and ordered a beer, then suddenly dashed into the street to elude his police monitors and was never again seen alive. The police duly produced a truck driver who explained to reporters that he had accidentally...
...pushed him into a waiting car driven by a middle-aged white woman. "Don't you know you are possessed by demons?" the woman said, according to Voll. The youth screamed for help so persistently that the police intervened and freed him, unhurt except for a dislocated finger...