Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Malibu Grand Prix is the name of the game, and it is not tame-though it may be less hazardous than roller-coaster riding. No mini-Mario has been killed or seriously injured in the 6 million Malibu laps to date (though one nervous driver sprained a finger on the steering wheel, and several speeders have crashed through a fence). After buying tickets ($1.25 a lap) and getting instructions on safety regulations and the operation of the car, drivers buckle into Bell helmets and safety belts to await the red, amber and green signal light at the starting line. There...
...found in a whorehouse, covered with pictures of naked women, and when he could sneak away from his bossy wife Carlotta, he would go down to the basement, drop nickels into the slot and listen to ragtime. Once when Cerf was visiting, the ailing playwright crooked his finger and beckoned him downstairs, like a mischievous little boy. In the middle of a tune, Carlotta came down. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she screamed, "bringing Bennett down here! You're in pain, remember...
Libyan broadcasts warned listeners of the need to "keep a finger on the trigger." One high Egyptian official told Correspondent Wynn: "The shooting has stopped. But this thing will go on and on so long as Gaddafi is in power...
...Rhodesian] Selous Scouts, who try to terrorize the population into not supporting the freedom fighters. Two days ago, 23 people were burned in their huts, and the Rhodesians said the freedom fighters did it and pointed to the Communist-made weapons. But you know a weapon responds to any finger...
...Critics like to claim that the major chains are taking the adventure out of eating, that motorists are settling for Colonel Sanders instead of discovering the modest little boardinghouse that makes the best quiche Lorraine this side of Provence. True, perhaps, but one reason drivers keep turning to the finger-lickin' chicken is that they have been burned so often at Mom's and similar places. Restaurant surprises disappoint far oftener than they delight...