Word: fingerings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...these figures, some wine experts detect a subtle taste shift from the inexpensive, sweet dessert wines of California to the drier and more dear (by as much as 50%) varieties produced in the harsher climates of upstate New York. In New York's wine-making Finger Lakes area, output of dry table wines is growing by 13% a year, against only 6% in California. Increased demand for premium table wines helped lift Taylor Wine Company, Inc.'s sales 11% to $23 million last year...
...Montgomery has done a laryngectomy, he has longed for a way to give the patient something better than this burping speech. He saw the results of brave attempts in Japan and by Los Angeles' Dr. Alden Miller. But whenever these patients swallowed anything, they had to press a finger against their throats to close their artificial windpipes, to keep food and fluids out of their lungs...
...various times labeled him as a jazz, pop, gospel and even folk singer. Then, early last year, he decided to dish up some good old chitlin-style singing and sweet-talking. He invited a bunch of friends to the recording studio and recorded Lou Rawls LIVE! to their finger-popping, hand-clapping accompaniment. The album took off. In a few short months Rawls was commanding $5,000 for a one-night stand...
Immediate first aid for snake bite still consists of applying a tourniquet between the wound and the heart-slack enough, says Dr. Snyder, for a finger to pass between the bandage and the limb. Then a dash to the hospital, where antivenom is given after the surgery. If a hunter is hours away from a hospital, he may even be able to perform the emergency surgery himself, because snake venom acts as a mild local anesthetic and leaves the bite area numb...
...nervous Texan tried to club a wounded opossum to death with the butt of his rifle and shot himself in the stomach on the first swing. In October, a Colorado hunter tried to demonstrate a fast draw for the benefit of his buddies, only to discover that his trigger finger was faster than his draw. He drilled a hole right through his foot...