Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Call it the first bionic handshake. Last week, when an apparatus resembling the business end of a blender unfurled like lily petals and grabbed an outstretched finger, humanity was officially embraced by one of the world's first artificial muscles...
...nice to know that George is a sensitive sort, but it doesn't make up for the shortfall of sensitive information in his book. Tantalizingly, he leads us into the marital breakfast nook, where Bill is hunched over the table, shoveling cereal into his mouth while Hillary wags a finger at him. Then on to the bedroom, where the President is talking to George and Hillary while getting dressed, making George uncomfortable. And then--nothing. Why put us in these rooms if you're not going to shed light on the most mystifying marriage on the planet? Still...
...DETECTING PC? Even when a liar wags his finger, his voice will betray him. That's the premise behind Fortress, a $30 lie-detector program you can download from www.digitalrobotics.com to your PC and use to test your friends and family (with their consent, of course) or sound bites pulled off the Net, TV or radio. It analyzes recordings in any language. Beeps during playback signal an effort to deceive...
...physical risk in what some are calling the visitation of the old "Macbeth curse." Jason S. Chaffin '00-'01 (Stroll) sprained his ankle during a rehearsal, Malka Resnicoff (Ms. P) was injured and had to be replaced by none other than Hostetler, and Mimi Asness '02 (Maria) punctured her finger while striking the set. But for all its hazards, the set, designed by Josh Perry '00, was a bold interpretation which married the familiar office setting with the frivolous humor of the play...
...bother you that I have a gun on? Because I can put it in the other room." After the agents finally let her make a phone call to her mother, she says, one of them (the same fella who graciously offered to remove his gun) stood with his finger over the phone, ready to end the call if she said too much...