Word: finger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just holding the pilot responsible for the Prowler air crash that killed 20 people at an Italian ski resort, they?re considering charges against all four crew members. ?There?s only one set of flight controls on that aircraft,? says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. ?Pointing the finger at all four men suggests there may have been a pact among them to engage in some sort of horseplay. The Marines were not impressed that all four crewmen initially refused to testify, allowing them to collude and present a common account...
...piece of paper that would allow him to drink free anywhere in the empire. When he lost the piece of paper, he was given in its place a more permanent mark of the tsar's decree: a tattoo on his neck which he could flick with his index finger to get any bartender's attention and a free drink. To this day, flicking your neck with your index finger is the national sign for drunkenness, (it is only a matter of time, however, before Yeltsin replaces the signal with something a little more to his liking...
Skee-ball: 3,000 tickets win you a squirt gun, a spider ring, a plastic change purse, a cheap harmonica, a Chinese finger trap and her heart...
...loss to Washington, Shaq blew a dunk, missed a bunch of lay-ups, turned the ball over five times, and had a flagrant foul. Don't point the finger, Shaq. Be a leader, and be a winner...
...details are embarrassing for Clinton; in a way, they clear him. Who leaked the deposition? Administration lawyers point the finger, once again, at Ken Starr?s staff: "Those who want to hurt him have done this," said Bob Bennett. Bob Rader, an attorney for Paula Jones, claims it was the Clinton team. ?It would make more sense,? says Rader. ?They have been leaking everything else.? Whoever the source, one thing is clear -- since Linda Tripp?s tapes may be inadmissible, the Jones case has little Lewinsky matter to go on. Were it to be dismissed, Ken Starr?s investigation would...