Word: fingerings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Formosa Strait, meanwhile, a somewhat better-known woman figured prominently in the Nationalists' celebration of Double Ten Day, marking the Oct. 10, 1911. uprising against the Man-chus. At the offices of Taiwan Television Enterprise. Mme. Chiang Kai-shek pressed a control button with an elegantly gloved finger to inaugurate commercial television on the island. Formosa is starting out with 3,000 sets and four channels, a telling testimonial to the island's prosperity...
...League. A pennant winner in his sophomore year as Giant manager, Dark runs the club with the solicitude of a tenderhearted drill sergeant. He never swears, but his temper is legendary: enraged by a 1-0 loss to the Phillies last year, he tore off the tip of one finger throwing a metal stool in the locker room. This year he intends to keep everything intact. "I knew we'd win the playoff," he said, confidently. "And we'll get the Yankees...
...start of the season, the light-hitting Dodgers were picked for first place and a berth in the World Series largely on the strength of their pitching. But with Sandy Koufax (18-13 last year) out most of the year with an injured finger, and with a disappointing season for Johnny Podres, Maury Wills's base running has virtually carried the team. "Wills was worth 15 to 20 games to the Dodgers this year," says Houston Colts Manager Harry Craft. Yet last week not even Wills could assure the stumbling Dodgers first place. Losing eight of eleven games...
...Bureau's Washington headquarters narrowed the number of possible finger-prints down to 17,000 soon after the burglary, but although the prints on a smashed safe were reportedly very clear, further investigation has led nowhere...
Joseph Portnoy described a new and simplified test which its developers claim is truly portable and fast. Called the RPR (for Rapid Plasma Reagin) card test, it requires only three drops of blood, obtained by pricking the subject's finger...