Word: fingered
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Hanna Ter Meulen harbors design ambitions as big as a (fashion) house. But on this particular morning, she is hunched over her hands, sewing away on nothing bigger than a little pocket. That's what Italians call a jacket's breast pocket, il taschino, and Ter Meulen, thimble on finger, is finishing off the neatly lined slit in the square scrap of French-vanilla gabardine during a weeklong stint learning Old World tailoring techniques. "You have to stitch really straight," the 23-year-old student says after ironing down the soft piece of fabric. "It's not to be rushed...
...world’s most prestigious educational institutions, is refusing to take an active stance on one of the most glaring educational injustices of our time. Last month, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act was reintroduced into Congress, but Harvard has yet to lift a finger to help get the legislation passed...
Bulatovic, Zoran •unpaid wages by Serbian factory owners are dramatically protested by the severing (by hacksaw) and subsequent devouring of own finger...
...greatest myths is that the intact penis is high maintenance. It's simply not true. All the care the intact baby penis needs is a) wipe it like a finger at diaper changes and b) leave it alone. By the time your son is old enough to retract his foreskin, Joel, he'll be old enough to handle the quick retract-rinse-replace routine in the tub or shower. (And he'll be perfectly happy to take care of that task himself.) Jane McClintock, PRINCETON...
...It’s not a big part of who I am,” she says. “I have one arm, but my friends forget about it. It’ll be like, ‘Oh, does my finger look swollen?’ And they’ll grab my other hand to compare and I’ll laugh at them...