Sentence examples for finger on the button from inspiring English sources
Remember, one man still has his finger on the button".
Still, one reason such tactics never led to actual nuclear war was that each side could assume that a truly crazy leader could never have his finger on "the button," and that enough checks existed if one ever did.
But keep your finger on the button and don't forget about applying to university".
But you have to ask: Is he ready to have his finger on the button?
This shows how utterly pointless the "finger on the button" question is.
I haven't been able to put the finger on the button why I was left out.
To dissuade NATO countries from each developing their own nuclear bomb, the Kennedy Administration proposed the "Multi-lateral Force", aka "MLF", to which the songwriter/satirist, Tom Lehrer, sang: "and one of the fingers on the button will be German".
As a result, many traders end up in a highly volatile sideways market, with one finger on the "buy" button and another finger on a "sell" button, and not knowing which button to press.
Nevertheless, the policy means that, at least in theory, all positions with access to or command over nuclear weapons, from inspectors to the people with their fingers on the button, will be open to those whose serve only part time.
Without both fingers on the button, I don't see how the exercise can be elevated to the status of crisis.
