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Despite severely injuring his right thumb during last year's Princeton game, Martinson, Marwede says "just kept on playing and snapping with his right hand...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: The Durango Kid | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

Martinson switched playing hands before the Harvard game to take to the field one last time before a series of operations. His thumb joint is still virtually immobile...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: The Durango Kid | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

...What are you reading?" people ask, making a disapproving face at the same time they eagerly snatch up the book to thumb through it. "Wait-you mean this was written by women...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: What's the Message? | 10/24/1984 | See Source »

...kindly attendant, noticing in me a bit of worry, said something I'll never forget. He clenched a fist and gestured with his thumb westwards up the street...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: By Any Other Name | 9/29/1984 | See Source »

...same one over again. After he had performed a trick three times, Ali showed how it worked. He is not supposed to do this-very much against the magicians' code. He has been dropped from the Magic Castle, the official magicians' club. Ali pulled off a fake thumb. He explained: "It is a sin in my religion to deceive people." He has almost as much fun explaining the tricks as he has doing them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Here's One Man's Meet | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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