Word: fingering
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...master of this brightly colored universe -- or at least I'm supposed to be. By pointing my index finger and cocking my thumb, I can swoop down among the skyscrapers. I can wheel by the Space Needle, close enough to hear the clatter of silverware in its restaurant. I can dive beneath the deep- blue surface of the sound, go swimming with the whale and bask in the staccato chatter of its birdlike mating call...
...Chiles crashed a Nelson press conference in Tallahassee last month and angrily accused his opponent of smear tactics. "If you've decided you want to be Governor so bad you've got to destroy my character, , then I feel sorry for you," Chiles said, at one point jabbing his finger toward Nelson...
Three months after Democratic and Republican congressional leaders sat down with George Bush to craft a plan for reducing the federal deficit, the budget talks collapsed last week under a combination of evasion, finger pointing and partisan bickering...
...groups in Soviet society, the armed forces would seem to be an obvious target for Gorbachev's reforming zeal. But with so much pressure building inside the military for change, sheer momentum may bring about the kind of changes Gorbachev wants, without the President's having to lift a finger...
...even a minister known for his bulldozer tactics has been unable to overcome the political infighting and finger pointing that have bogged down attempts to find a solution. Last week Sharon was rebuffed by Israel's Supreme Court, which ruled against his plan to circumvent the parliament. And he was dealt another setback when Minister of Tourism Gideon Patt rejected a plan to use hotels, youth hostels and army camps for emergency shelters. Patt complained that such stopgap methods would help only 500 families, not the 7,000 a month who need housing...