Word: thumb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reputedly a "bullionaire," but still he wants more gold; he wants all the gold in the world. To get it, Goldfinger has assembled a ghastly crew of criminal specialists. Among them: Oddjob (Harold Sakata), a Korean karatist whose hands are so strong he can crush a golf ball between thumb and forefinger; and Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), the person who flies lead plane in Goldfinger's private air force. With their assistance, Goldfinger intends to execute a criminal masterpiece. "Tomorrow," he blandly announces, "we will knock off Fort Knox...
...proper length of the ski is concerned, a rule of thumb is for men from nine to twelve inches over their head, depending on weight and physical fitness. Never buy them any shorter than that because it is dangerous. For women the rule would be from six to nine inches...
...vision of shopping as it may be in the next few decades. "Financial and accounting operations will be revolutionized by electronic information networks. Personal checks, and even currency and coin, will be delegated to a few rural areas or museums. When you buy a necktie or a house, your thumb print in front of the little machine will identify you, subtract from your account and put it into the seller's account, all through electrical signals and not by today's funny little pieces of paper with written or printed hieroglyphics. The data will be assembled according...
...every rally, he eventually looks out over his audience and placing his thumb outstretched on top of a closed hand, he jabs it at his listeners and says, "I believe we can do better. I believe this election is important...
...this season. Three have come on passes from Roberts to Roger Dennis, a junior wingback. Roberts has scored the other two himself on runs. In both games he has passed for more than 200 yards and he has completed 26 of 68 passes. He explains apologetically that a sore thumb has kept him below his career record of completing 60 per cent of his passes...