The index finger is the one next to the thumb;

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Six of 10 components of the index deteriorated, including new home permit applications,jobless claims, and factory materials deliveries.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

And that's part of the reason why South Korea scores badly in the index."

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

After rising steadily for more than a year, the index of leading economic indicators actually slipped by .1 percent in April, according to a private research group.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Those with ring fingers longer than index fingers did better on the math part of a standardized test than the reading part.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

And in other economic news, a report by the Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing index shrank by less than expected.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The S & P Five Hundred index gained over twenty percent its largest increase in six years.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index had its biggest jump in six years in May.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of thirty or more.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The nongovernmental organization has released its Corruption Perceptions Index each year since nineteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The Standard and Poor's/Case-Shiller Index measures home prices in twenty large American cities.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

The S&P/Case-Shiller national index of home prices rose in April,May and June.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Guinea Bissau has Africa's second lowest rating on the U.N.'s Human Development Index measuring life expectancy,education, and standards of living.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24