Word: thumbs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kirkland House will present "Tom Thumb the Great" on Monday and Tuesday nights. Monday night, the Christmas dinner will precede the play, and on Tuesday, the play will be followed by a dance...
...ever so sorry." He gestured to a boy standing near him. "You look Spanish," he said. "You can be one of the sword-bearers." He hesitated a moment. "Oh God no, not with that horrid crew-cut. You'd stand out like a sore thumb...
Agreeing with the Council's main points, Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government, stated that "it would be outrageous if anyone were called to account for what he might say in a debate." He maintained that cadets should be trained "beyond the military rule of thumb...
...Simpsons made good money by lending it against even better security. William, the fifth of the Simpsons, dealt with clients ranging from clever thieves to obsessive society belles, from broken-down prizefighters to muscular gigolos. Among their collateral were 18th century manuscripts, a Stradivarius, a Crusader's giant thumb ring, pornographic watches, Titian paintings and the Hope diamond. When Simpson arrived at the home of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh MacLean. who owned it and needed a little ready cash, it could not be found. Mrs. McLean finally had an inspiration and called: "Mike! Here. Mike!" In bounded a great Dane...
...France sunk so low that the only means a French Premier has of gaining support is to thumb his nose at France's allies, even at the risk of sacrificing the future of Western civilization in Europe...