Word: thumb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week died a largely unlamented death. The federation's birth in 1953 had smacked of illegitimacy, and one of its principal midwives, burly ex-boxer Roy Welensky, was from the start accused by black nationalists of dedicating himself to the goal of keeping its African population under the thumb of a minority of white settlers...
...forced to use the mug which is used for drinking tea. Electic wires were tied on my second fingers of both hands. My eyes were now covered. Then I was given electric shocks. When I cried without giving information they untied me and the two fingers next to the thumb were tied. I was once more given shocks. Even then there was no information I could give...One detective said if I reported what was done to me to a magistrate I would once more be given electric shocks...
...fairly good rule of thumb to avoid books that come in cardboard slipcases, just as a practiced reader automatically avoids the memoirs of actresses, novels described by their publishers as heartwarming, and books given prepublication endorsements by Clifton Fadiman. The rule is not absolute, but more often than not the contents of a slipcase either have calcified into the classic condition or are so fragile that they need an especially strong container to keep them from crumbling. Most of Janet Frame's stories, sketches and fables in these two prettily boxed booklets fit the second case...
...Once in the Senate, Kefauver voted the party line, authored no major bills. But in 1951 he catapulted to fame and, thanks to national television, built himself a real political image. As chairman of a special Senate crime investigating committee, he dragged such diverse and unsavory characters as Greasy Thumb Guzik, Virginia Hill and Frank Costello into the bright lights for a classic lesson in morality. Gentle but relentless, Kefauver questioned them with painful sincerity, became to millions a pillar of log-cabin courage and small-town mores because of the contrast between his stolid ruggedness and the squirming, shifty...
...wild-eyed." The state superintendent of education announced that South Carolina "will continue to feel free" to let teachers hold devotional exercises in their classrooms. That raised a fascinating point: last week's decision presented an opportunity for Southern states, angered at decisions in racial cases, to thumb their noses at the Supreme Court with little fear of effective reprisal. After all, no federal authority is likely to call out the troops to take the Bible out of a teacher's hand or order children to unclasp theirs...