51.   Many Haitians accuse the increasingly unpopular Preval of being under the thumb of Aristide, his former mentor.

52.   Opposition parties also complained that some stations did not have the indelible ink used to mark the thumbs of people who have voted.

53.   Rocker threw one warmup pitch in the bullpen in the seventh inning, and a callous on the thumb of his left hand started bleeding.

54.   Thailand and Indonesia are now experiencing what it is like to be under the thumb of the IMF.

55.   The Bulldogs will play their third straight game without quarterback Quincy Carter, sidelined with a torn ligament in the thumb of his throwing hand.

56.   The league has said it is neutral, but critics believe it is under the thumb of the Cambodian government.

57.   Witthayakorn began his literary career while studying at Thammasat University at a time when the country was firmly under the thumb of a dictatorial military regime.