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Mazza—who underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in his left thumb on Feb. 9—returned to the field on the first day of practice at full-strength and well-ahead of schedule, participating in contact drills that he’d initially been projected to miss for the duration of spring ball...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: O'Hagan Controls Destiny, For Now | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

...there was no historical or security rationale for the Gaza settlements. There were merely 8,000 Jews, fanatics by definition, plopped down amid 1.4 million Arabs, a ridiculously provocative Israeli thumb in the eye of the Palestinians. "This is an ideological hotel," the manager of the Palm Beach told a British newspaper, the Independent, a few years ago. "It is here because this is our land, and we have to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Foreign Headache | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

...flat, wide design gives you ample thumb room; it's easy to set brightness and zoom. The images were decent, but colors sometimes looked flat. The LG stores up to 200 pictures and about 20 min. of video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECHNOLOGY: Snap Happy | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

...favor of allowing death because they understand there is no point in living in this state." There is a difference, though. Vincent Humbert expressed a clear will to die. He dictated an acclaimed book, I Ask the Right to Die, by using small movements of one thumb. Terri Schiavo has given no such indication, according to her parents, though her husband claims she would want to be allowed to die. Still, says Cohen, "if there is no change in the state of a person for 15 years, enough is enough. You have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Way of Death | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...angle. The controls mimic those of the PlayStation home systems, with four input buttons on the right, a directional pad on the left, and two "shoulder" buttons on the top. It also has a neat little analog "stick," like the kind in laptops, which you manipulate with your thumb, allowing for better control in many games. Four tiny speakers provide decent, if somewhat tinny, stereo sound. It weighs almost as much as a mug full of strong coffee, and offers about the same amount of stimulation (and nourishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Look: The PSP | 3/24/2005 | See Source »

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