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Word: fingers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...takes energized control of the subject (his script is based on Michael Stewart's novel) and gets a tough-minded turn from Beghe, his soap opera-handsome young star. Beghe must show all Allan's suicidal anxieties, homicidal anger and heroic resourcefulness while strapped in a wheelchair. His finger can hardly move, but his performance does, splendidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Going Ape MONKEY SHINES | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Kumin moves with greyhound grace through the quiet kitchen. Despite a lifetime of working with high-calorie fare, he remains admirably thin. One reason: he rarely stops for lunch. In Kumin's world of mixtures, textures and boiling points, hands are sensitive instruments. With the touch of a finger, he can tell the temperature of chocolate to within 2 degrees. Although his English is pretty good, Kumin might not understand the concept of the temperamental chef. He is usually as sweet as milk chocolate, yet no pushover like the Pillsbury doughboy. He stops on his rounds to correct a technique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: A Degree in Desserts | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

While acknowledging that the Nixon pardonprobably hurt him politically, Ford said that "apresident can't stick his finger up in the air tosee what to do, they have to do what they decideis right and that's what I did [in deciding topardon Nixon...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Ford: Hopefuls Not Offering Deficit Solution | 7/29/1988 | See Source »

Last week the House moved to break the political impasse that has prevented any major military base in the U.S. from being decommissioned during the past eleven years. The bill, sponsored by Texas Republican Richard Armey, is designed to fend off angry finger-pointing from constituents by putting the onus on a nine-member bipartisan commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biting The Bullet | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

Words need not be spoken for an officer's honor to be impugned. A flip of the middle finger could cost $855. And if any of Bavaria's road demons think that being friendly will help them, they should think again. Those found . guilty of addressing police with the familiar Du rather than the more formal Sie are fined an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Curses! Fined Again | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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