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Word: fingers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton showed he was not afraid to attack him. More important perhaps, it reminded voters of the fundamental choice they make when they step into the ballot booth each four years: Who deserves to sit in the Commander in Chief's chair? That used to boil down to whose finger Americans wanted on the nuclear button. But in the post-cold war era, does it matter if that man is George or Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Degree of Separation | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...basket than in the N.B.A. and that the lane is wider, both tending to nullify the Americans' height advantage. However, after seeing how little difference these factors made in his team's 136-57 loss to the Yanks, Cuban coach Miguel Gomez seemed transported to a Zen mode. "One finger cannot cover the sun," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball Are They Kidding? | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

That leaves wide open the question of who could possibly have entered the house unnoticed and set it ablaze. During the trial, Riner's attorney developed an unsubstantiated theory pointing the finger at a young man who dated William Fischer's older daughter. The defense claimed the boy was so distressed that the Fischers made him cut back on overnight visits once the baby was born that he devised a horrific plan of revenge. An independent investigator will re-examine the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presumed Innocent | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...that the Cold War is over, we Americans have to change our idea of what it means to be a leader of the free world. The familiar balance of powers scenario is no longer accurate, and therefore American greatness may not be synonymous with having a finger in every...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: American Charity begins at home | 7/14/1992 | See Source »

...truth-telling outsider. For in the latest irony in a peculiar political year, both Clinton and Perot have been musing about similar -- even identical -- vice-presidential nominees. As political analyst Kevin Phillips puts it, "What Perot needs in a Vice President is someone who's political, yet puts the finger in the eye of the politicians. Someone like Rudman. And Clinton too needs a running mate who reinforces his outsider status with Perot swing voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spelling Out The Job Specs | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

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