Word: hand
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...maybe, on some subconscious level, we never wanted the damn thing, as evidenced by popular culture's button-free futures. In sci-fi thrillers like Minority Report, computers are flat, seamless digital panels, controlled with an effortless swipe of the hand or the twist of a finger...
...benefactors' core businesses; Democrats are even more reluctant to publicly criticize the President's choice at a moment of economic peril. "I have complete confidence in Tim Geithner and my entire economic team," Barack Obama said. "He is making all the right moves in terms of playing a bad hand." Still, a longtime Treasury observer says, "his margin for error has been reduced...
...serve alcohol has been a “resounding success.” Sales over the weekend were “very good” as customers collectively imbibed two kegs of beer. “Our first two performers last week went up on stage with beers in hand,” Smith said, laughing. Club Passim also adjoins the restaurant Veggie Planet, which shares a close business relationship with the music venue. While Club Passim owns the liquor license, it is Veggie Planet that actually serves the alcohol and keeps 30% of the profits from drink sales. Veggie...
...still frozen from the previous night’s chilly River Run, I remained motionless and stared blankly at two over-eager gentlemen, clad in Pforzheimer gear. I was unable to take the envelope. They gently placed the death notice in my blockmate’s outstretched hand and assured us that everything would turn out well as the door closed. I whipped an already-beat Top-Sider at my poster-clad Pennypacker wall. After a year of scabies, long walks to Annenberg, and gazing at a parking-lot vista from my common room window, the prospect of river views...
...plea deal might have crumbled, denying the Tampa prosecutors even that one conviction. The U.S. Attorney's offices in Florida and Virginia would not comment when contacted by TIME, and the reasons for their actions in the case may never be officially disclosed, since federal prosecutors refuse to hand over to the court internal communications regarding the 2006 plea-deal negotiations and the Virginia subpoena...