Word: fingering
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RATHER than doubt the word of Stuart, the police intimidated Mission Hill residents into pointing the finger at Bennett. The police assumed Bennett had committed the crime because he had a previous record and he happened to live in the area where the crime took place...
Leaping from the bridge was the end for Charles Stuart, but it was just the beginning of the soul searching, self-recriminations and finger pointing by the police and the press. Outraged blacks, many of whom had swallowed Stuart's story as readily as had their white counterparts, let loose a torrent of protest at police mishandling of the case. They were also outraged by the saturation coverage the crime had received, which to them seemed to indict the whole black community...
Around the edges, though, Antarctica is more than just an icebox. On the Antarctic Peninsula, which reaches like a finger to within 965 km (600 miles) of South America, the temperature has risen as high as 15 degrees C (59 degrees F). The peninsula is home to the continent's only two species of flowering land plants, a grass and a pearlwort. Off the coast is one of the world's most productive marine ecosystems. Antarctica supports 35 species of penguins and other birds, six varieties of seals, twelve kinds of whale and nearly 200 types of fish...
...49ers did manage to squeak out an 81-77 overtime win. To watch them celebrate, you'd think the finger-pointing, junk-talking Long Beach hoopsters had knocked off Tarkanian's UNLV squad, a big west rival...