Word: finger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tips. Since then, the I.R.A.'s fortunes have declined dramatically. British troops dominate the former I.R.A. strongholds. Tips on hideouts and arms caches are being whispered anonymously into so-called robot telephones, which are hooked up to tape recorders at police stations. "People are putting the finger on the Proves," says one Belfast Catholic politician. "There are no longer so many houses harboring guns, so the I.R.A. has to put them in the garden, in cellophane bags, and the army's digging them up. There aren't any demonstrations against the Proves, but people show their resistance...
...Faculty, one who wielded enormous power. Of course, he made a few mistakes: The story goes that Carpenter Center was designed to be built at 888 Memorial Drive, but that, when someone asked Bundy where it was supposed to go, his mind was on other things. He stuck his finger at random on a map of Harvard and said, "Put it there," and they did. One imagines John Kennedy asking Bundy to suggest a place where the U.S. could demonstrate our firmness to the Communists and Bundy randomly selecting Indochina on a wall...
With the exception of James Brown, who got a finger in his eye against Northeastern last Friday night, the Crimson should be healthy. The backcourt has been improving with every game as Kenny Wolfe has picked up his scoring and has average 16 points a game over the last there contests. Wolfe was the MVP of the recently concluded Beanpot tournament...
...force that prepared the plan and the recently appointed state Commissioner of Education, seemed confident that the plan would be approved. During the Court hearings Judge Sullivan seemed sympathetic to the state and interested in the details of the plan and intensely questioned Anrig and task force member Jack Finger...
...Northeastern fans were in a frenzy throughout the game and almost started a riot late in the second half. Fitzsimmons made a jesture with the middle finger of his right hand at some black Northeastern fans under the Huskie basket...