21.   Some women in Dani villages have only four stubs and a thumb on each hand.

22.   The frequently damaged thumb on his throwing hand obviously limited his passing.

23.   The index finger on his right hand is part of one, and the thumb on his left hand is part of another.

24.   The letter is honeycombed with classically Clintonian swerves and cadenzas, the type that baffle his opponents and activate itchy thumbs on home C-span zappers.

25.   The landscape of meetings is changing dramatically, as people sit and surreptitiously respond to e-mails with deft thumbs on tiny keypads.

26.   The Packers must hope the injured thumb on his throwing hand stays fairly stable.

27.   The Seahawks offense was busted long before Friesz injured the thumb on his throwing hand late in the first half.

28.   The silence was being broken in the Minneapolis conference room not by talk or TV news but by the simultaneous thumping of hundreds of thumbs on miniature keyboards.

29.   Trying to install the drive in my computer case caused a bloody mess after I sliced my thumb on some screw.

30.   University of Iowa starting quarterback Matt Sherman may miss his second straight game because of a dislocated thumb on his throwing hand.