Word: fingered
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...patriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels, what do you call a Cabinet minister who flips off the national anthem? Certainly not a statesman - nor a reliable political partner. By waving his middle finger Sunday while barking out a verse of Il Canto degli Italiani, Italy's Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi raised real questions about the long-term viability of Silvio Berlusconi's center-right ruling coalition...
...year it appeared that he was enjoying a resurgence. In March, PBS broadcast a special for which he fronted a band and sailed through such signature tunes as Let's Dance, Stealin' Apples and King Porter Stomp. The years had not diminished him much. There was the same smooth finger work, the same rhythmic assurance, the same heady, insistent, sweet tone that could cut through the thickest arrangements and roughest riffs. ''I just don't think I ever lost my enthusiasm for music,'' he said, but he did not have to put it into words. His real voice...
...generation ago, when viral buzz didn't play as big a role in the market. But it didn't take Fobis long to realize that the viral Wiimote craze playing out on the Internet threatened to obliterate the Weemote's visibility - and that it would be hard to finger culprits in this kind of uncharted legal territory. "This is not a classic trademark-infringement situation," says Fobis' attorney, Ken Hartmann. "But the stakes still involve the time and effort and money it took to develop a product's identity...
...have any plans to integrate Chinese music into your classical Western canon? -Li You, Apex, N.C.Recently I've worked with a few great Chinese composers. Tan Dun had this concept of a kung-fu piano concerto--lots of extreme finger movement and using elbows and palms to play. It was like watching Jackie Chan fight...
...serrano peppers, cilantro and jalapeņos, as well as tomatoes, as possible sources of the salmonella outbreak that has infected more than 1,000 people since April. These items are commonly found in salsa, which many victims said they had consumed before they fell ill. Tomato growers say hasty finger-pointing by the FDA cost them millions in lost revenue...