Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This served to point a finger at Ernie King's old-line left-hand man, Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air), who now has nearly 750,000 airmen serving under him. Said he: the Navy had to tram near the coast, but the Army's "abandoned" airfields were nearly all inland; the Army would let them to the Navy only temporarily. The Committee accepted his explanation, with reservations...
Communist Willie Gallacher charged up beside her, along with Arthur Greenwood's Socialists and a heel-kicking bloc of young Tories led by Captain Quintin Hogg. Ruffled Minister Butler wagged a schoolmasterish finger, waved aloft a copy of his bill, cried: a vote for. equal pay will be a vote against "the interests of this great reform," a vote "against the Government...
...retitled "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me," and Hampton's superb vibraphone work ably backed by the Symphony strings on "Moonglow." There is no denying Lionel's artistry on this instrument and it is unfortunate that he neglected it most of the evening in favor of one finger piano solos and noisy drum exhibitions...
...must admit it is necessary to have a spring blizzard before it is possible to have a spring thaw, and both are an indication of what a young man's fancy turns to in such times. For proof we point the guilty finger toward Jack Ashley, of machine tool fame, who this week cund a recipient finger for his stories. And if you're still not convinced, please note the potential international complications in store for Dewey Miller in his affair with the Countess from Austria. Be careful she's not pulling a Don Carlos on, you, D. M., these...
...second sitting of the House ended in a scene which had the galleries popeyed with amazement. The Prime Minister, red-faced and angry, stood beside his desk, shook an angry finger at Opposition Leader Gordon Graydon, and shouted: "My honorable friend cannot tell me to sit down. . . ." As Mr. King took a firm step towards the broad, green-carpeted aisle which separates the Government from Opposition, Graydon repeated his demand: "I ask you to sit down." Members pounded their desks, shouted in excitement until the calm voice of Mr. Speaker restored order...