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Word: fingerings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Groschen. The festival is the fruition of a decades-old urge of Karajan's to present Wagner's great cycle with absolute control over all the elements-a Ring that he could wrap around his little finger. His home town of Salzburg was the obvious setting, with its magnificent Festspielhaus. But Karajan was unwilling to ask the Austrian government for a single groschen of the customary state financial support; his official relations have been strained since 1964, when he quit as director of the Vienna State Opera because of "bureaucratic interference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Carry On, Karajan | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

When questioned about his own expediency--whether he would report his findings in Vietnam, even if they were unpopular in the U.S.--Romney was outraged. Why, the idea. He waved his finger at the questioner while rattling off a sanctimonious reply...

Author: By Boisfeullet JONES Jr., | Title: George Romney | 3/28/1967 | See Source »

...Jabbing Finger...

Author: By Boisfeullet JONES Jr., | Title: George Romney | 3/28/1967 | See Source »

...Harvard undergraduate reporter asked Romney if a Vietnam pullout would endanger all Southeast Asia. He lectured the student for asking questions which had also been asked in off-the-record sessions. After the taped interview was over, the finger jabbed once again and Romney railed, "You took advantage of me; I don't like that one bit." Later, he indicated that the whole line of questioning bothered him. Another student, after challenging Romney on a statement at a cocktail party was taken aback by the governor's sharp reply. "The Romney finger" is well known among his Michigan opponents...

Author: By Boisfeullet JONES Jr., | Title: George Romney | 3/28/1967 | See Source »

...Britain's political pantheon stands one statue raffishly askew, absurd finger-curls atop a drooping, oversized head, a sardonic smile on its decidedly un-English face. Benjamin Disraeli was as unlikely a Prime Minister as England ever had, as prodigal a son as the mother of parliaments ever spawned. During nearly 40 years of Tory leadership, he was hated with rare passion by his enemies, notably Liberal Leader William Gladstone, and often only barely trusted by his own lieutenants. Intrigued more by power than principle, too cynically clever by half in an age craving sober dignity in its statesmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Swinger for All Seasons | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

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