Word: thumbs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...handle, Granite Man, Frogman, Coil Man, Spider Man, Liquid Man, Aquaman, Multi Man and Birdman can. Yet of all the offspring of TV's comic book culture, the most lethargic is Video Boy. He doesn't do anything. He just sits there, sucks his thumb and stares at the tube...
...tradition, is one's fortune at birth, his inherited fortune, while the right hand indicates what one is making of his fortune. It is therefore more current, more accurate for the present. I generally look first at the life line (the curved one nearest the base of the thumb) and give a prediction as to the length of life and the state of health along the way. The fortune line, sometimes difficult to find, is located lengthwise in the center of the palm, and gives an indication as to the subject's luck and money. Then there are the love...
ISSUN BOSHI, THE INCHLING by Momoko Ishii, illustrated by Fuku Akino (Walker; $3.50). Another old Japanese fable, handsomely illustrated. The hero is no bigger than a man's thumb and is resigned to life as a paperweight for a beautiful princess. But then he slays a dreadful demon, and guess what his reward is? A wish on a magic mallet transforms him into a full-size man and he marries the princess to live happily ever after...
...earn their $1,000,000 bonuses, but they have quite a way to go: against Minnesota, Green Bay's "Gold Dust Twins" gained only 32 yds. in 19 carries. Bart Starr is still the incomparable quarterback. But Starr has been hampered by rib injuries and a jammed thumb, served up an embarrassing nine interceptions in the first two games, and was taken out of the Atlanta game because of his injuries...
When Harvard football, soccer, and cross-country teams all take the trek--nigh impossible except by Mohawk charter--to Cornell, fans are generally left twiddling their thumbs in Cambridge. But not this weekend. WRKO-AM and FM is leaping noisly into the breach with a three-day program of New England's All Time Top 300 that is designed to turn thumb-twiddlers to foot-stompers...