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DIED. WENCESLAO MORENO, better known as Senor Wences, 103, ventriloquist who created impish dummies out of his thumb and forefinger; in New York City. As a schoolboy in Spain, Moreno began using his hand as a puppet to amuse himself while in detention for answering for absent friends during homeroom roll call. On the '50s and '60s variety shows of Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle and Sid Caesar, among others, he delighted audiences with sweetly silly exchanges. The often cranky Pedro, a disembodied head in a box, usually answered Wences' inquiry as to whether he was "all right" with a casual...
...deep-tissue relaxation, only the knuckles will do. Make a fist, keeping your thumb on the outside and raising the knuckles of your middle and index fingers slightly. Use a gentle rocking motion for best results. Tenser muscles might require "double-fisting" with the elbows and knees...
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's rule of thumb, that chip power doubles every 18 months as prices decline, is now known as Moore...
...denied a share of the profits from Tae-Bo. Monea's lawyer declines to comment on the allegations. But his client's track record isn't reassuring. In 1997 an Ohio court ruled that Monea's company could not sell "the stimulator," an electric-grill lighter outfitted with a thumb plunger that, when pressed, was supposed to relieve pain...
...Vicky C. Hallett is a first-year living in Holworthy Hall. When not hunting down members of final clubs, she can be found sucking her thumb in the corner of her common room...