Word: fingers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...asked for Ana Maria's hand in marriage. Papa de Carvalho protested that "Senhor Pignatari has lived a very full life, and my daughter is only a child," but he soon gave in. That night, Baby called for champagne, slipped a jeweled ring on Ana's finger. Then Baby flew off to Rome. The gossip that bounced back might have shaken a less eternal love: Baby arm in arm with Princess Doris Pignatelli. Baby dating Actress Rosanna Schiaffino. Baby dispatching red roses to former Queen Soraya of Iran. Baby dancing with his ex-wife Mimosa. Back...
...heart, the sounds of his breathing, watching the electrical activity of his heart and muscles and taking his temperature and blood pressure, all by remote control and radio link. He may feel less sure in his mind as to the state of his psychological being. The curious finger of fate has pointed him out to be hurled into space to make the supreme test as to whether man can function and survive space travel. He has been chosen as the one single sample from all the billions of men that populate the earth to test for the first time...
Wall Street's concern, as voiced in its ads, is all to the good. But the Street and the corporations it serves can do a great deal more to curb uninformed speculation by their own efforts, instead of wagging a finger at the public. When irresponsible rumors boom a stock, company officials often keep quiet rather than making the prompt denials that would cool it off. Many a stock has been run up on wild rumors when there is so little stock available that any buying or selling sends it rollercoasting. The exchange has the power to suspend trading...
Perhaps the hero of the game was Ed Wadsworth who managed to keep going despite a sore finger that almost made his pitching go out of control. Nevertheless, he allowed only five hits in the whole game and kept Walker, Brandeis' strongest hitter, to just two hits. Both teams tried to get on base by bunting, but most of the efforts resulted in fouls or outs, except for Wadsworth's squeeze which brought in the varsity's last...
...Dwight Eisenhower, symbolizing the dangerous early days when he flew to Europe as NATO's first Supreme Commander, who brought the alliance's purpose into clearest focus with the greatest simplicity. "Look at the hand," he said, raising his hand, fanning his fingers in a gesture that many of his old NATO officers well remembered. "Each finger is not of itself a very good instrument for either defense or offense, but close it in a fist and it can become a very formidable weapon of defense . . . The need, as we reach for a lasting peace with justice...