Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discredit the CIA. In our wildest scenarios, we could never have anticipated such a plus for our side. It's the kind of gift all espionage men dream about. Today our boys have it a lot easier, and we didn't have to lift a finger. You did all our work...
...cancer been diagnosed sooner. In its earliest stages, it can usually be arrested by prompt and aggressive surgery or radiation, or both. The catch is that early detection has so far proved difficult, not only because men too often avoid rectal examination by the physician's gloved finger, but because available blood tests turn up evidence of malignancy in only more advanced cases...
News from the world of Middle East music ("Iraq, Iran, and I'm learning very fluent Hebrew!"). If Anwar Sadat is chosen Man of the Year by Time, the newsweekly with its finger squarely up the nose of middle America, then perhaps Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is a close second. The latest Rolling Stone contains its annual reader's poll--not surprisingly, Fleetwood Mac comes out on top--"Rumours" still goes platinum again every month. But perhaps the most interesting precious metals are passed out in the Platinum Turkey Awards, in the "What Ever Happened to Ego Death" Category...
...wife team of Australian physicians, Evelyn and John Billings. It depends upon observing changes in the consistency of vaginal fluids. In the first days after menstruation, the vagina feels dry because of a decline in hormone production, a sensation that can be confirmed by the woman's examining finger. This is the first "safe" period. Within a few days, as the estrogen levels rise, the mucus feels tacky and appears cloudy and the fertile period begins. Then, at the estrogen peak, the mucus becomes smooth, slippery and stretchable like raw egg white. This condition-which occurs within 24 hours...
...told him that Plimpton was a former intercollegiate champion with a murderous hook and a savage nature. The contest lasted for two three-minute rounds and one two-minute round, the last one truncated by the thoughtful Brown, who pushed the hand of the timing clock with his finger...