Word: fingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Connolly lists the other enemies that combine to destroy Mr. Shelleyblake- the pointing finger of international politics (which makes him ashamed to sit tight in an ivory tower), the fatal praise that he receives for socially conscious essays, the damning embarrassment of friends who once hymned his promise...
...first section is definitely no man's land, and you may find it steep going unless you're briefed with the right sizes. According to what you're buying, you should know her foot size--for stockings; finger length--for gloves; dress size--for sweaters; and various other lengths and widths for gifts in the more personal line...
Outside on the apron, MacWilliams walked up to his silver twin-engine C-46-one of seven being readied for take-off-and rubbed his finger on its heavy underbelly. "Frost," he said. He called for a crew of men with long-handled mops to swash off the wings with antifreeze. "With this load," said MacWilliams, "we need every bit of lift we can get." He climbed into the plane, checked the guy ropes holding the huge burlap rice sacks, moved on to the cockpit and, with the help of his Chinese copilot, got his engines sputtering, then roaring...
Since Babe Ruth tore his finger on some chicken wire 17 years ago, at least 5,000 big leaguers have visited baseball's two surgical meccas-St. Louis and Baltimore. Doc Hyland, a good-natured, husky 60, gets all the St. Louis trade, and a lot of Eastern clients besides. In Baltimore, the man to see is testy, trim Dr. George Bennett, a famed orthopedic surgeon and a rabid baseball fan, like Hyland. Dr. Bennett's most recent patient: Joe DiMaggio, who walked out of Johns Hopkins hospital on crutches last week after having a spur cut from...
...Finger-shaking is not liable to influence the thoughtless characters who life these exams. It is up to the library to find a system of protecting the exams from theft as well as making specific exams more easily accessible. When Lamont gets settled, perhaps the problem could be transferred there. The exams could be filed alphabetically at the reading desk. And since the exams do not come on uniform-sized paper, it would be convenient to paste the exams on cardboard sheets. Anyone who wanted to look at an exam could sign for it. The bound copies of finals ought...