Word: thumbs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...immediate cause is that Gen. Chi wants Shanghai under his thumb. As it is, he thinks the Military Commissioner in Shanghai ought to be a man of his choice. Having tried peacefully to oust Gen. Ho from the Commissionership, he is now resolved to do it by force, which brings him into conflict with Gen. Lu, who is equally determined to preserve his influence in Shanghai...
...most of us have seen the glow which the old-fashioned "all-day choker" matches gave out when scratched in the dark. This pale glow is due to white phosphorus used in making the head of the match so that it will strike easily and anywhere--from the thumb nail to the trouser...
...whole teaching profession and most universities are "under the thumb of bigoted capitalists." It is a fact, so stated by Bertrand Russell. This brilliant English mathematician, again lecturing in America on social questions, has an international reputation for his willingness to discuss anything at any time on any evidence. His recent book on China is embellished by more errors than it was hitherto thought possible to squeeze into a single volume...
...vanished ages, closely allied to the pterodactyl, first known fossil bird. It has a very strong beak, with which it has been known to break rocks. It swims like a duck, its wings are webbed like a bat's. The newly hatched hoatzin has long claws on its thumb and first finger with which it climbs trees until its wings are strong enough to fly. The expedition will also seek the bell bird, which tinkles, but does not sing...
Welded. Eugene O'Neill takes matrimony drastically between thumb and forefinger and turns it over for inspection, shaking it rather roughly. He finds a union between two vivid temperaments to be unsuccessful. He concludes that, in the process of fusing, these two personalities are liable to flare up into a white hot flame that may consume them both...