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Word: thumbing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Keller is able to play, there will be a battle between him and sophomore Malcolm Glover, who actually stole Keller's starting job early in the season before he too got injured, breaking his thumb against Brown...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Penn QB Keller Recovering | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...BOOK is jam-packed with fascinating rules of thumb from a bygone age. Read Iacocca's book and you'll get nothing but attitude and abstraction. Iacocca would probably tell you to keep your money in real estate or mutual funds. But poker player Johnny Moss has more practical advice: keep your cash in a wad with a rubber band around it--"so's you can throw it in the bushes case you're hijacked...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: An Antidote for Hard Work | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...visionary team works toward its goal one body part at a time. Right now the staff is concentrating its efforts on perfecting a computer that will imitate human hand-eye coordination. The robot's hand has two fingers and a thumb, each with its own motor, and fingertips that contain high-resolution tactile sensors. Lab experiments test the hand's ability in tasks like lifting and grasping objects...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Of Microchips and Men | 11/19/1987 | See Source »

...white veil into swaddling and so conjures up a baby in arms. Horns blare as a crowd of celebrants, resplendent in red, holds aloft a richly caparisoned tent for the wedding of a blind king. A master of military arts orders a disciple to cut off his right thumb and thereby lose his strength and skill. "It is not cruelty," the teacher explains. "It is foresight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: An Epic Journey Through Myth THE MAHABHARATA | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Under the government of Chun Doo Hwan, striking for better pay has been almost unheard of. Walkouts were virtually banned, and unions were strictly under the thumb of Seoul. But since June, when Chun capitulated to popular demands for democratic reform, both the government and the opposition have expressed sympathy for the workers' plight. "It is true that the government has sided with management in the past out of the need for growth and stability," said Roh Tae Woo, who heads the ruling Democratic Justice Party, "but it must now side with labor to compensate for sacrifices made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea Out on the Street | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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