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Word: fingered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maybe my mistake was that I didn't make enough of a concerted effort to put my finger squarely on the pulse of the nation by seeking out the grassroots experience and earnest, probing conversations that would have given me the insights I was looking...

Author: By Nick Lemann, | Title: Benny Kremen's America | 7/26/1974 | See Source »

Totally Offensive. Impatiently, Gesell interrupted. "When you make a commitment in open court, you make it to me," he said, shaking a finger at St. Clair. "You broke it. I didn't think it was necessary in dealing with you to seek assurances in writing. I will determine what evidence goes to the jury, not Mr. Ehrlichman, not you, not the President." Called to the stand, Buzhardt testified that Ehrlichman's files were in Nixon's sole control and that only the President could authorize access to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: Four Walls Close In on Nixon | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...country, visiting hundreds of the nation's 23,000 nursing homes and speaking to patients, operators and employees. The book that resulted is a strong indictment of private cupidity, professional complicity and official indifference behind wholesale cheating of both the patient and the public. Author Mendelson points a finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Exploiting the Aged | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...FICKLE FINGER AWARD goes to Princeton ace Scott McHenry for displaying his at the Harvard dugout as he walked off the mound...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: A Salute to the '74 Baseball Season | 5/31/1974 | See Source »

Clearly, however, Herbie's viewers had seen enough of me. I din't even get a gift-certificate or anything. So Herbie moved over to the Harvard dugout, finger at the ready to receive the word as to when he had to break for a commercial. His guest was Crimson mentor Loyal Park. "Well, you came a long way, and you had to win these two games, right? It was a great victory for the Crimson of Harvard over Penn here today...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 5/21/1974 | See Source »

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