Readers can swipe a finger to turn a page, zoom in and out by pinching fingers together or apart or write notes on the page or highlight text with a finger or the supplied stylus.
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He leans forward, he rolls his eyes or waves a finger in righteous anger.
Pages "flip" with the click of a mouse or touch of a finger.
The dimmer has a unique multi-touch capacitive interface that allows the light to be turned on or off by sliding a finger up or down on the glass switch front.
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From then on, any time the user clicks on a Web site, program or database that requires its own user ID and password, the software issues the proper credentials, all in the background, without the user having to lift a finger or remember a word.
The 58-year-old consultant surgeon said that having a thumb or the tip of a finger amputated would be "painful".
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Dr Ritchie, a consultant surgeon in the accident and emergency department of Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow, told the court that having a thumb or the tip of a finger amputated would be "painful".
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But try to get a dealer to return your call, an instructor to show up on time for your lesson or a hangar operator to lift a finger to help you.
You wouldn't draft a letter or sketch a still life with an ink-stained finger, but that's what writing or drawing on a tablet amounts to without the proper tool.
For starters, the Android version offers two keyboard options -- a simple QWERTY-only and one with a space bar -- that can be toggled on or off with a two finger swipe down.
In the state association, any player or coach who puts a finger on a referee faces immediate suspension.
By using a stylus or finger, strokes appear smooth at any zoom level.
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On the Juke, for instance, a click on the phone's scroll wheel brings up a text messaging screen, a calendar or a picture function, just as if a finger were pressing the keys of the real phone.
And the real issue that Western leaders must address is how things in Turkey were permitted to deteriorate to the point they have without any US or European official lifting a finger to stem the Islamist tide?
Staff enforce the small details of behaviour ceaselessly, with meaningful looks, a warning finger briefly held up, or a word of praise every few seconds.
In 1986, a luxury resort on a lunar finger of land in Oman or a luxury cruiser plying the headwaters of the Amazon was as far-fetched as the notion that there was a New World out there must have seemed to contemporaries of Columbus.
If the burger is particularly good, you might catch yourself snorting in pleasure, thoughtlessly licking a finger, or grunting an answer to a question.
HTC's first entry into the tablet market, the Android-based HTC Flyer, hasn't grabbed much market share, but give credit to HTC for trying to think differently: The 7-inch Flyer includes a stylus, of all things, on the theory that there are applications where you want an alternative for taking notes to using your finger or tapping a keyboard.
For example, rotating with two fingers turns the volume up or down, and a single-finger swipe changes channels.
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Conspiracy theorists point a finger at terrorists or teenage hackers.
The Samsung combination of the stylus and their Swype-esque keyboard (or your finger) makes writing a big email a lot more pleasant and accurate than poking the awkward fringes of the slim iPhone 5.
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It's debatable whether all this music stalls "Rachel" in its tracks or serves as a welcome counterpoint to the finger-pointing.
Objects can be moved on the screen by dragging them with a finger, made bigger or smaller by spreading or pinching them with two fingers, and discarded with a flick off the screen's edge.
Or a seasoned old pro, after a well-irrigated lunch, take his fat finger and hit the wrong button?
In the lower diagram an incoming object 1806, such as a user finger, blocks one or more electrodes 1802 of solar panel 1806.
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As one might imagine (especially if you have had a wart frozen on your knee or finger), the treatment itself causes significant physical discomfort as well.
Much of the information is basic common sense and courtesy: Do not seem impatient or distracted during conversations, do not point a finger in someone's face, do not use profanity, etc.
At various times the team's new principal owner could be found courtside at games waving a huge "Go Suns" purple foam finger, dunking a basketball at halftime off a trampoline, or being propelled from a giant slingshot during a time-out, all to the delight of fans.
And middleman brokers such as eBay would have to finger sellers doing 100 or more transactions a year.
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