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INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ARE HELD IN THE V SIGN. TODAY
IT HAS COME TO BE A SYMBOL FOR YOUTH TO MEAN PEACE.
LONG AGO IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL.
IT WAS HIS VICTORY SIGN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN