And yet, Obama has refused to lift a finger against the mullahs.

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In fact, most folks never lift a finger to calibrate their displays, plug better speakers in, or place those speakers in actually advantageous spots.

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Indonesia's Suharto fell victim to the impersonal forces of the international economy--the United States didn't even lift a finger to ease him out the door.

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So the best thing is not to lift a finger.

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He didn't lift a finger to avert this crisis.

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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.

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Will they even be able to lift a finger?

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Nor did he lift a finger against John Stroger and his son Todd, who succeeded his father as president of Cook County's Board of Commissioners shortly before Stroger senior died last January.

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Few Brazilian men lift a finger at home.

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No need to lift a finger.

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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.

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For example, The Now Network doesn't lift a proverbial finger when a phone is ordered -- UPS takes care of plucking the right handset from its inventory and shipping it off to a customer.

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