Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coffin was lowered into the earth, the protest grew more voluble. "You sons of bitches are killing us like dogs!" yelled a tearstained pallbearer, pointing his finger at an official of the local Sandinista defense committee. "Just leave us alone...
...distant space before the angry pumped up reds-speed-and-Jack-Daniels buzz twisted, writhed and plummeted into the mellow blue-black of sweet Colombian dope and then, groggily, awoke into a bright new day of desert sunshine, cocaine and, lest we forget, as its undeniable, irrepressible tendrils finger their way into our minds, Queen Acid, begging, declaring, forcing us to recognize that the black spot affixed near the apex of the road, the dot at the edge of infinity, has no, not four or 20 but a human two arms and two human legs--not far from reality...
...derisiveness that extended to his rival's pet issue and little-used first name. "Pierre, let me help you on some of this," he said. "I think it's a nutty idea to fool around with the Social Security system." Moments later, Bush was holding his own in a finger-pointing exchange with Alexander Haig. Even when Haig blurted out the word wimp, Bush managed to convey that he was, in fact, in charge here...
Nothing you can put your finger on, it's an aura, a love of the game that certain special players radiate--players such as Karin Pinezich...
...Rosenblum, putting his finger on what is perhaps the most sensitive part of the issue, condemns the element of personal gain for the professor. "That's absolutely wrong," he states. He adds that the whole adventure gives off a deplorable "me first, let's get in there and make our money" attitude. In today's business whirl, though, with M.B.A. students convinced that the bucks start here, the wonder may be that no one thought of Edelman's $100,000 learn-and-earn incentive before...