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...basics. The 10-fingered knead is the basis of all massages. Let the thumbs do the work here, using weaker fingers for leverage. Probe gently until you find a "groove" within the muscle, then dig in. Be sure to communicate with your partner at all times to satisfy both your needs...
What can fairly be called the Fagles phenomenon forms an intriguing new chapter in the long saga of efforts to knead Homeric Greek into suitable English. The first translator with access to the Greek texts and the gumption to try his hand at them was George Chapman (circa 1560-1634), whose complete version of the Iliad in English appeared in 1611, the same year that saw the release of the King James Version of the Old and New Testaments...
...Knead butter with graham crackers until mushy...
...always ask for one of Herrell's popular "smoosh-ins"--regular flavors mixed with dry toppings like Oreo bits or M & M's. They're called smoosh-ins because the employees actually knead the toppings into the ice cream...
...tactic of the rescuers, consciously drawn from the nonviolent techniques of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., is to knead themselves so densely in around the doors that no one can thread a way through the inert resisting bodies. Rescuers are not supposed to push or shove, and they are told not to bring poster sticks or umbrellas that they might be tempted to use as barriers. If the mass is penetrated, it is supposed to ooze back out and around the rift, enclosing it in a new carapace of seated bodies. They move in a human sludge, on their...