Word: fingerings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...United Nations 15th General Assembly meeting had grown to 26, and there were more to come. Spinning round them like a sputtering Sputnik was Nikita Khrushchev himself-tossing off dire threats in curbstone interviews, dishing out amiable insults, and defiling the decorum of the U.N. with desk-pounding, finger-waggling interruptions...
Jabbing a finger toward his desk chair, Dwight Eisenhower told a recent White House visitor: "Listen, dammit, I'm going to do everything possible to keep that Jack Kennedy from sitting in this chair...
...weeks go by, Franklin fights his way out of despair, out of an oppressive sense of permanent isolation from the everyday, active world he loves, out of nightmare fears that a fire may break out in the house and burn him alive while he lies unable to lift a finger. He fights his way, day by day, muscle by muscle, out of paralysis. When the infection subsides, Franklin's fingers are too weak to lift a teaspoon, but some months later he can chin himself on the therapeutic bar that hangs above...
Goalie Bob Forbush is hampered by a dislocated finger and a strained back. Luckily for the Crimso, sophomore John Adams seems to be Forbush's equal...
...Foreign dinners can seem nightmarish. A Western-style finger bowl is "for lightly rinsing the tips of your fingers, so don't wash your hands in it." Japanese must be careful not to stretch out their legs under the table because "you may kick someone. If this is done, apologize quickly, especially in the case of a lady, for in the West this kind of thing is construed in a certain way and can invite misunderstanding." The ultimate and desperate warning: "Whatever happens, never become flustered. Be calm and cool...