31.   Unlike Ms. Darrow, Ms. Isbecque gave me the thumbs up on my bangs and Revlon Richest Rosewood lipstick.

32.   You could say the Cowboys had their thumb on the Redskins all day.

33.   Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe has been playing with a bruised thumb on his throwing hand.

34.   Aikman refused to blame a sore thumb on his passing problems.

35.   At Jupiter, Florida, Marlins catcher Charles Johnson jammed his left thumb on a tag play.

36.   Bledsoe was hurt the previous Sunday when he hit his thumb on the helmet of Buffalo linebacker Sam Rogers.

37.   Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch fractured his right thumb on the final play of practice Thursday and will be out at least six weeks.

38.   Dodgers C Angel Pena has ligament damage on the outside of the thumb on his catching hand.

39.   For instance, future ATMs might require a user to place his thumb on a device to read its pattern.

40.   His fingers and thumbs on both hands had to be amputated.