Word: thumbs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Here Is Something." Ike, too, had changed his mind since last January, when he allowed that "my personal convictions, no matter how strong," would be subject to a congressional consensus of what was politically feasible. Now, he said, jabbing a thumb at his chest for emphasis: "I don't care how strong [the opponents] are or how numerous they are. Here is something for the U.S. . . . that is necessary. I would get onto the air as often as the television companies would...
Robert drew one of his stolen pistols. "I've got a real gun too," he said, "and I know how to use it." First, he jerked his thumb toward the cash register. Nobody moved. Then Robert fired. With scarcely a moment's pause, the boy shot all three men, killing Owner Blair, wounding Kenney and Wilson. Giving up the thought of robbery, the boys fled. David ran home, after firing his gun aimlessly in the street, and was found by police as he sat on his grandmother's lap, crying. Robert hid in an abandoned cotton...
...framework law' for Algeria is a joke-and a pretty grim one at that. To a people who complain of being under the thumb of three prefects from Paris, what do we do? We send them 15 more prefects. A lot of happiness we can expect from that...
Congressional Republicans, who figure by rough rule of thumb that they must get 55% of the vote outside the Democratic South to win this year's congressional elections, found themselves at the lowest low since 1936. Gallup poll of Northerners...
Good negotiators know from experience that each small cluster of homes has one householder who is regarded as the pacesetter of the neighborhood. Negotiator's rule of thumb: find the key man, sign him and his neighbors will follow suit. But property owners have their code too. Few ever admit to satisfaction with the appraisal; all complain, often with justification, that intangibles are involved that the state never takes into consideration...