Word: thumbings
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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...
...unspoken working agreement among certain courts, lawyers, witnesses and claimants. Judges in the county have been repeatedly rebuked by higher state courts for their handling of damage suits. One man who did not even miss work after his auto accident got $9,000 for a sprained thumb. In another case, two defense lawyers charged that the judge entered the jury room during deliberations to urge a "liberal" award...
...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...