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...sorts, A Certain World. The book is an alphabetical listing of subjects close to Auden's heart, and the psychological evidence is so blatant that one should expect an ambush. Edel plunges ahead. Under "Castration Complex," he finds a reference to "The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb," whose mother warns him that he will lose his favorite fingers if he does not stop his infantile habit. He does not, and in comes "the great, long, red-legged scissors-man" to carry out the sentence...
...posse patrolman will also check doors and windows for residents who leave town. And always, posse members are alert for an outsider who does not appear to belong. Says Esther Hart, 71, one of 30 women volunteers on the force: "A younger person sticks out like a sore thumb here...
...NOTEBOOK: Crimson catcher Gill Raney, who Jammed her thumb in Tuesday's win over Wheaton, coached first base yesterday to rest up for the rigorous six-game Ivy tournament weekend Freshman Joanie Cunningham filled in and got Harvard out a Jam in the fifth when she threw out a Tutts baserunner at third. HARVARD (19) ab r h bl Friedman 2b 2 2 0 0 Jokovic cf 2 3 1 0 Home 3b 1 3 0 0 Larson1f 3 0 0 0 Cunningham c 3 2 0 0 Boyer 1b 3 2 2 1 Witson...
...that they force his nose into the dirt. Often a manager comes charging out of the dugout to disagree with him, and he meets the guy halfway, to hold a parley with him at the top of his vocal cords until, finally fed up, he jerks out the big thumb to say, "You're outta here...
...after ABC-TV aired a special report by Correspondent Geraldo Rivera that was sharply critical of Palestinian terrorism. Said Chafets: "ABC, from the time that [Toolan's death] happened, in my view, began a policy which I would describe as cowardly." The recent 20/20 segment "Under the Israeli Thumb" by Correspondent Tom Jarriel, Chafets said, was "one of the most malicious, distorted and one-sided programs about Israel shown on any American network in recent years." The 20/20 report was inordinately sympathetic to the Palestinians, but there is no evidence to suggest that the tone or content...