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Word: fingered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ross grabbed his [Gray's] arm. . . . I . . . tried to get the gun. We struggled around . . . but I got my finger on the trigger and pulled it. . . . I knew Gray was hurt. He was calling to me to give him a gun so he could kill himself. Ross wasn't making a sound. . . . I went back to the car for some blankets. I put one under Gray. Then I tied two others around Ross. . . . I couldn't tell whether his skull was fractured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Mercy Kidnapper | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Harvard, long the seat of COMMUNIST teaching, has its finger in this new pie. It allegedly humorous magazine has devised an insidious process of MANUFACTURING Orientals by feeding them bum rum. Experimenting on themselves, the periodical's staff are now in Stillman, YELLOW AS BANANAS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YELLOW PERIL | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

...producers of raw materials and machines expect to receive from the manufacturers of consumption goods as much next year as was received this year, no trouble need arise." No trouble need arise--a comforting thought, the Vagabond decided, and he was debating whether it was worthwhile wetting a finger to turn the page when he felt her warm hand on his brown. He looked; Meade evaporated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/25/1938 | See Source »

...adjustable finger ring to fit a finger of any size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...anti-foreign alarmists in general Author Seabrook wags his finger: "You can find more 'parlor reds' per capita in Harvard, Smith, Vassar, Barnard . . . than you can find actual revolutionists among any foreign-language race group in America. . . ., The Melting Pot is a real thing. It boils and bubbles. It gives off a lot of steam and some scum, but what remains is a good conglomerate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Conglomerate | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

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