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Word: finger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...official lost control of the ballgame contest became very physical, with members of both teams hitting the floor and with no fouls being called. James Brown, who had his best rebounding game, was forced to leave the second hall with about 4:00 minutes remaining after getting a finger...

Author: By Douglas E. Schoen, | Title: Harvard Loses to Huskies, 73-69, in Overtime | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

Harvard will go into both games with the availability of two key players listed as questionable. Senior center Floyd Lewis, who dislocated a finger against Holy Cross before vacation, and senior guard Hal Smith, who sustained an ankle injury Wednesday in practice may both miss action...

Author: By M. Deacondake, | Title: Cagers Brace for Weekend Invasion | 1/5/1973 | See Source »

Marshall Sanders and Tony Jenkins both had good games in a losing cause. Jenkins, moved to center due to the loss of Floyd Lewis with a dislocated finger, responded with 16 points and 17 rebounds. Sanders had 16 points and held Mooney Knight, a possible all-American choice who scored 37 points against UCLA and has been averaging 25 a game, to just 19 points...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Cagers Win Two at Tourney Before Falling to Pitt, Duke | 1/4/1973 | See Source »

...evening's anti-Jersey jokes so dear to the hearts of New Yorkers. The two men have not done a show together in eleven years or spoken privately in twelve. In point of fact, they loathe each other. Clark bears a particular grudge, because Lewis used to finger-poke him in the chest and spray him with saliva during their act. But the potent arm of CBS-TV reunites them to take part in a history-of -comedy spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Tis the Season | 1/1/1973 | See Source »

Wagner believes that his tests could be used by music academies to weed out unpromising applicants, as well as by music teachers to "locate the exact physical shortcoming of a student and work out compensatory techniques." A pianist with a "stiff" finger, for example, could make more use of an adjacent note. Another result of his research, he maintains, is confirmation that the recurrent inflammations of the hand and arm suffered by musicians are the result of overtaxing their native skills-a musical variation on tennis elbow, football knee and surfer's knob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ten-Finger Exercise | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

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