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...Crimson could be really hurting in this evening's contest, as both Jim Thomas and Bob Goodenow sustained injuries in Monday's Beanpot consolation game. Thomas was hurt while jamming along the boards with Husky henchman Duncan Finch, and is listed as a doubtful starter. Linemate Goodenow injured his thumb, and is also listed as doubtful...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson, Green Face Key Contests | 2/14/1973 | See Source »

...wanted to suck her thumb...

Author: By Celia Gilbert, | Title: The God in Us Wishes to Live | 12/13/1972 | See Source »

...home planet. Says Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon and now a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati: "I remember on the trip home on Apollo 11 it suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." To Apollo 8's Bill Anders, seeing the earth from out there evoked "feelings about humanity and human needs that I never had before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Greening of the Astronauts | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

With the pen-holder grip, the racket is held downward, with primarily the thumb and forefinger grasping the handle. The paddle is never reversed to a backhand side; the ball is hit with only one side of the racket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ping Pong Team to Play MIT In History-Opener Today at 2 | 12/9/1972 | See Source »

Judy Collins. An interpreter. Or so I thought until she butchered "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," which I could forgive because I can take or leave Dylan, too. Then she butchered "Chelsa Morning," which told me that nobody should mean with Joni Michell's songs. She's a little more insipid then say. Jone Bess, but Who Knows Where the Time Goes is a near masterpiece all the way around, and "Pretty Polly" stones for "Tom Thumb" at least...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: music | 11/16/1972 | See Source »

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