Charles Joseph Finger (December 25, 1869 – January 7, 1941) was a British born American writer. He also directed an orchestra and taught piano. Finger...
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In Western culture, "the finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene...
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Tales from Silver Lands is a book by Charles Finger that won the Newbery Medal in 1925. The book is a collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations...
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Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – c. January 18, 1974) was an American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer who was the co-creator...
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referred to by the common expressions "cross your fingers", "keep your fingers crossed", or just "fingers crossed". The use of the gesture is often considered...
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Polydactyly (redirect from Sixth finger)
δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger'), also known as hyperdactyly, is an anomaly in humans and non-human animals resulting in supernumerary fingers and/or toes. Polydactyly...
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finger (sometimes fingerbreadth or finger's breadth) is any of several units of measurement that are approximately the width of an adult human finger...
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Thimble (redirect from Finger cone)
A thimble is a small pitted cup worn on the finger that protects it from being pricked or poked by a needle while sewing. The Old English word þȳmel, the...
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Ladyfinger (biscuit) (redirect from Lady Finger (cookie))
Ladyfingers, or in British English sponge fingers (sometimes known by the Italian name savoiardi, Italian: [savoˈjardi], or by the French name boudoirs...
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I Vant to Bite Your Finger is a board game designed by Charles Phillips and Charlie Leicht published by Ideal Toys in collaboration with Hasbro in 1979...
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Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950) 1869 – Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author (d. 1941) 1872 – Helena Rubinstein...
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1936 – Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858) 1941 – Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869) 1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American...
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Josef Finger (1 January 1841 – 6 May 1925) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician. Joseph Finger was born the son of a baker in Pilsen. He attended...
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Charles Maxwell as Fred Amory Dorothy Green List of American films of 1955 Finger Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Finger Man at IMDb Finger Man...
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Dirty Fingers is the third solo studio album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore. It was originally recorded in 1980, but was ultimately shelved in...
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Scott, The Portrait of Zelide Newbery Medal for children's literature: Charles Finger, Tales from Silver Lands Nobel Prize for Literature: George Bernard...
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Meere und Giganten (Mountains, Seas and Giants) Edna Ferber – So Big Charles Finger – Tales from Silver Lands Dorothy Canfield Fisher – The Home-Maker Ford...
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Maureen Duffy – novelist, poet and screenwriter Andreas Embirikos – poet Charles Finger – author C. S. Forester – historical novelist John Fraser – novelist...
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Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family...
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Fingerspelling (redirect from Finger spelling)
numeral systems, using only the hands. These manual alphabets (also known as finger alphabets or hand alphabets) have often been used in deaf education and...
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international fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon. As a young adult, he lost part of a finger in an accident at a shoe factory. The doctor who treated him persuaded him...
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A Fistful of Fingers is a 1995 British Western comedy film about a cowboy who follows a wanted man who caused the death of his horse Easy. It was written...
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landscapes, he explored the nuances of the evening sky and the rosy-fingered dawn. Charles Leickert first learned painting in The Hague under the supervision...
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By 1965, the Bosch family sold the company to local investors led by Charles Finger, who pushed for new technology and products to resurrect the company...
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Roland Glen Fingers (born August 25, 1946) is an American former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between...
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Ingram practised for about twenty minutes per day on a homemade "Fastest Finger First" machine. Ingram got into the "hot seat" but used two lifelines early...
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List of gestures (redirect from Raised index finger)
is a raised right hand with the ring finger and little finger touching the palm, while the middle and index fingers remain raised. Taken from Ancient Roman...
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is a 1976 horror film directed by Richard Ashe and written by Bill Finger and Charles Sinclair. It concerns a mineralogist who is hit in the head by a meteor...
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List of Monsters episodes (redirect from The Moving Finger (Monsters episode))
the bathroom without the finger emerging from the drain. Growing more and more terrified, Howie tries to destroy the finger with drain cleaner, then cuts...
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"Finger Poppin' Time" is a song by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Written by Ballard, it reached number two on the US Billboard R&B chart and number...
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