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Word: fingers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looked up sharply and asked if the teller was addressing him. When the teller replied yes, the man straightened himself, raised his finger and proceeded to lecture the teller on the proper usage of the signal lights, how the bank had spent a great deal of money to install them, how they were there to notify customers when windows opened, preventing confusion which in turn prevented chaos, and there was a system, and that...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: A Freudian Interpretation of Harvard Life | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...times has Bush.) Behind the scenes, Dole accused his minions of losing the contest for him. "When things go wrong," said an aide, "Dole's not the type to blame himself." At week's end the Dole staff appeared to be coming unglued. Amid all the angry finger pointing, the Senator's aides seemed unable to come up with a revamped strategy for their candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Again The Man to Beat | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...premature babies lay inside incubators and did not stop to collect a stuffed animal. But most other patients did. One small girl in a wheelchair peeked out over her oxygen mask, pointed her finger and said clearly, "the purple...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Moving Day at Children's Hospital | 2/11/1988 | See Source »

...fifth and sixth periods, a young giant with a dazzling, ear-to-ear smile engulfs McKenna in a hug and announces he has just been declared academically eligible to play basketball. McKenna grins and admonishes him to keep up his grades. "You hear me, now," he says, shaking his finger at the youngster, who towers over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Tough | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

Once upon a time, a Harvard goalie--not a native, mind you, just another visiting sieve--expressed his feelings to the Lynah Rink crowd with a flip of a finger...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Home Not Always So Sweet | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

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