Word: fingering
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...Finger-Shaped Monsters...
...Bravo to Stefan Kanfer for his Essay on "The Decline and Fill of the American Hot Dog" [Oct. 2]. His invigorating article on those insalubrious "finger-shaped monsters" has certainly deadened my desire for them. I will never again eat another...
...also included strangely disturbing phrases, which gradually built into loud and powerful sections: once again, Mr. Mehta was in full control, wielding a very precise energy over the orchestra. The final section involves a sudden shift, from an extremely loud fortissimo to a barely audible pianissimo--and Mehta employed finger-tip control in the transition. Ending the work was a mysterious piano, celeste, and harp trio, and the audience's reaction, which was hardly overwhelming, was also a bit baffled...
...offered, then withdrawn, left him in the double jeopardy of seeming both unwise and wishy-washy, although he spiritedly argued last week that a mature leader must have the right to change his mind. Other items fell into place, leaving the impression of just another politician with his moistened finger to the wind. The purity of his stand on Viet Nam made it all the worse when he recently allowed that Lyndon Johnson had only inherited the war. McGovern initially denied then admitted that he had given Pierre Salinger instructions for a mission to the North Vietnamese in Paris. Both...
...success by the cries of the wounded. Reading a Shaw letter is a piece of luck, like hearing a superb harangue over a transom. One is infinitely grateful to pass within eavesdropping range. One is equally grateful not to be in that room, backed by scolding tongue and wagging finger into a far corner...