Thumb
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Domineering middle child Robert Mitchum and his mother holds the rest of the family under their
thumb
, especially youngest child Tab Hunter, whom Mitchum takes particular delight in brow-beating.
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Somebody said the test we're facing now, a scientist told me, is whether the combination of an opposable
thumb
and a neocortex is a viable combination.
The rule of
thumb
is you want to get three to four times a week exercise minimum 30 minutes an exercise session, and you want to get aerobic exercise in.
One of them was I used to lie on the kitchen floor of my childhood home, and I would suck the
thumb
of my left hand and hold my mom's cold toes with my right hand.
And most importantly, I am breaking the silence and provoking meaningful conversations on taboo issues, where often "Silence is golden" is the rule of
thumb.
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