Word: fingers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pressed for a quick answer to give the press, the inspector settled back in his chair, puffed on a cigar, and said, "It's obvious boys. Schuster puts the finger on this guy Sutton. Sutton has him killed...
...exaggeration, but enough variety to insure sustained interest. Sutble nuances, rather than violent contrasts, emphasized the logical relationship of the various sections. His tempi, relaxed and graceful without being slovenly, provided a welcome relief from the usual machine-like regularity that can make Bach's keyboard music sound like finger exercises...
...Juliana did as well at captivating Washington correspondents. "It must be wonderful sport," she said at a Statler Hotel luncheon with press, radio & television reporters, "to contradict each other. You are interested in the kitchen of the world-you want to find out what is cooking . . . who has a finger in the pie and who will burn his finger." But her interview with Washington newshens seemed to leave her slightly appalled. "My God," she murmured, as she looked at one of a sheaf of written questions which had been submitted. She had been asked if her 14-year-old daughter...
...social (and socialistic) suggestions - her calmly ladylike assumption that she is on the side of the reforming angels has turned her opponents livid with impotent and incoherent fury. They are positive that something about her is just plain wrong, but they can't quite put their finger on it. In their phrase (severely edited), she doesn't make sense. One of her favorite expressions, which appears often in her conversation and in her column, is "I feel ..." Not "I think," but "I feel." It might her motto...
...alone and in silence in candlelit room. I ring. Barnett takes the plate and butter plate. John comes in with a napkin and silver crumb tray-there are no crumbs but John has to brush them off the table anyway. Barnett brings me a plate with a finger bowl and doily on it. I remove the finger bowl and doily and John puts a glass saucer and a little bowl on the plate. Barnett brings me some chocolate custard. John brings me a demi-tasse (at home a little cup of coffee-about two good gulps) and my dinner...