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finger /fin·ger/ (fing´ger) one of the five digits of the hand. baseball finger mallet f. clubbed finger a finger with clubbing. index finger forefinger. mallet finger partial permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger caused by an object striking the end or back of the finger, owing to rupture of the attachment of the extensor tendon. ring finger the fourth digit of the hand. webbed fingers syndactyly of the fingers.
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That keeps finger-wagging to a minimum, but it would have been nice to have come away with a clearer notion of what the mixed-race Walker-Pearlman (his grandma was a Harlem activist and his uncle is Gene Wilder) thinks about the subject. What could have been a maudlin tale is instead understated and irreverent, containing only the slightest hint of finger-wagging in deference to its theme of taking responsibility. An important lesson that we have all learned from the Congressional Hearings on the Hill in March '05 regarding steroids in Major League Baseball is that weak checks and balances, finger-wagging disciplinary stunts, and public relations smoke screens in lieu of serious, properly implemented drug testing is a recipe for disaster. |
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