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Word: fingering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shaking a threatening finger at Molokov, Koba suddenly let his head drop into a plate full of green peas and immediately fell asleep...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Slavic Deadpan | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

...bane of Tennessee politicians and the butt of barroom jokes. For four years the lowly snail darter, a finger-size species of perch, blocked completion of the $116 million Tellico Dam project on the Little Tennessee River. Because the creature was found only in these waters, it was entitled to protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. But it also provided legal leverage for environmentalists who saw the dam as a pork barrel that would deluge 16,000 acres of fertile farm land and wipe out Indian historical sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tellico Triumph | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Aside from assorted bumps and bruises, the Crimson football squad escaped healthy and victorious from Columbia's Baker Field last Saturday. The only notable injury is the broken finger of defensive end Tony Finan...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Football Squad Fit to Face Saturday's Battle With UMass | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

...familiar white suit at a Louisville party in his honor. Fifteen years ago Sanders sold the fried chicken business he started in 1956, but he still travels 250,000 miles yearly promoting the product for present owner Heublein, Inc. Lest anyone think he's less than finger-lickin' good at his job, the colonel led his admiring crowd in a rousing version of My Old Kentucky Home. · In 25 years, Playboy has uncovered 305 Playmates, reason enough for Publisher Hugh Hefner to invite them to a grand anniversary bash. Among the 136 who came was blond Janet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 24, 1979 | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

Rich Little-as-Devo--there, in a nutshell, you have the B-52s. These three men and two women--none musicians in any sense of the word--have captured the pose of the New Wave, the mannerisms without the guts. Robot repetition of the rhythm, one finger electronic keyboards, mechanistic vocals--this album is a parody of Devo, which was a parody to begin with. It might sound like the New Wave to the "Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man," but this is polyester music, boring, irritating...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Ban the Bombers | 9/18/1979 | See Source »

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