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Word: fingered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hand that leveled an accusing finger at the S.R.L. looked as if it held a fat blue pencil of its own. Last October, the Nation had commissioned Yale Law Professor Fred Rodell to write an article on the U.S. Supreme Court. Harold C. Field, executive editor of the Nation, told Rodell he was delighted with it. But later he said that he and Freda Kirchwey, Nation editor & publisher, wanted a few changes made, notably in Rodell's criticisms of Justice Frankfurter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Whose Blue Pencil? | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...drunk--and what few drunks we have are usually that way when they come in here--there's no need to lay a finger on him," says Jack Spear, manager of the Wursthaus. "Tact. That's the way to handle him. Place him on a pedestal with a few words, and make him think that you're his servant. Pretty soon he'll be outside...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bouncing a Boston Pastime, Say Square Tavern Keepers | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...does well--and keeping the public up to date on research work are two very important jobs that modern scientific journalism must do. But the public must be competently informed; the average reader takes such romantic descriptions as the authoress has given and becomes convinced that he has his finger on the pulse of scientific progress...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Misinformation On Cancer | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...slower. Defenseman Algie Allen and wing Bill Garrity repeated the process of the Carman-to-Huntington goal at 7:59, but at 15:21 a Tufts pass play beat Phil Clark in the Crimson goal. Clark was playing in place of John Chase, who was resting a broken finger from the BU game...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Hockey Team Outplays Tufts, 9-2 | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

Photo candidates will find a cameraman's paradise in the CRIMSON. You don't even used a camera: everything but a trigger finger is furnished...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presses and Beer Cans, Roll Tonight; Crime Comp Opens | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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