Word: fingering
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Others have pointed the finger at Adams’s very own man-about campus, Robert Gupta ’04. The theory holds that after four consecutive days without a direct mention in The Crimson, Gupta may have laid the loads in a desperate plea for attention. “It couldn’t have been me” says Gupta, “I really don’t have time to eat, let alone...anyway, I really appreciate the opportunity to clear my name in print. If there are any other allegations?...
Diplomats and observers in Ankara allocate responsibility for the fiasco in many ways: some blame inexperienced A.K. ministers who overplayed their hand with the U.S., while others point the finger at Wolfowitz, who, say his critics, never understood that with the election of the A.K., military and secular leaders with strong ties to the U.S. no longer monopolized power. Says Emin Sirin, an A.K. parliamentary deputy and Istanbul businessman: "The Americans thought that if you talk to two or three people, you have Turkey in your hands. The whole system has changed, and they didn't appreciate that...
Part of the difficulty is simply cultural. "If an Iraqi policeman stops someone on the street and asks them politely to do something," says al-Janabi of the I.N.A., "that person will be ready to be a ring on the policeman's finger. But if you shout at him like the Americans do and hurt his dignity--he will hate you." In Baghdad a U.S. special-forces officer sadly agrees. "We should have been culturally sensitive," he says. In places like Fallujah, he argues, "we should never have gone into people's houses. Saddam's soldiers never went into houses...
...Sheryl Crow in training. The new HandBand ($90) from KGI Consumer Products offers a cheap alternative. Using nothing more than a high-tech pair of gloves and a portable, wireless receiver, it lets kids play virtual guitar, keyboards or drums at less than earsplitting volume. Each bend of the finger produces a different note; you switch instruments with the push of a button. It's a great idea, but the execution needs work. The sound that emerges from the grapefruit-size speaker is passable but a bit synthetic. And the finger contortions required to play the HandBand are so awkward...
...mouth)," Azagury-Partridge says. "Like l'eau ? la bouche ... mouth-watering. It's all about being edible and delicious, and that color of gold symbolized it perfectly." She turned the specially treated material into whimsical shapes, like a square of chocolate that seems to melt over the finger, and another that looks like it's been nibbled. The rings start at about $700 (there are also $600 versions in plain old yellow gold) and represent Boucheron's first attempt at an "access line"?fashionspeak for "affordable." But if you don't tell, she'll never know...