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Word: nose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night time, with intent to commit a felony therein," and I in turn have been hammering it into the cubs. Now comes TIME and undoes a lot of hard work. Some of the newcomers have been waving the Dec. 30 Miscellany column under the copydesk's nose and pointing to the line about "burglars" tunneling into the Clayton (Okla.) State Bank. The persons who swiped those 33,300 pennies were thieves, yes; burglars, no. Tell 'em so, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 20, 1947 | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Then the Gimo, his nose red in the cold, saluted and haoed. They trailed Marshall up the ramp into the plane for final words. As they emerged the Gimo almost brushed off his military cap against the hatch top; he caught it in time and came down smiling. The hatch door slammed; 49149 rolled away. As it lifted into the air, with the snow-dusted purple mountain as a backdrop, the last one to wave adieu was Ambassador Stuart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Goodbye | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...swarthy Mexican Indian sat dolefully on one of the clinic's bright, white beds and wrinkled his nose at the strange odor of Lysol. Suddenly his eyes widened slightly. Bearing down on him, with a hypodermic in one hand and an alcohol swab in the other, was a blonde American girl. "Caramba" he muttered, "Me va a injector la hueral" The girl smiled politely, swiftly completed her job, then turned to a sobbing little Indian boy. "No tengas miedo" she promised. Then she pulled down his pants, gave him an injection in the backside and hurried on to another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Friendly Persuasion | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...choked and retched. Two girls held her shoulders. They told her that if she vomited, she would have to drink it back. Some of the castor oil started coming out of her nose. The girls told her: 'You goat, you have to drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Secret Ceremony | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

...back with lighted cigarets-not deep, just enough to leave blisters. Meanwhile another girl was throwing an egg at her face. She started to cry and they kicked her. Then they spun her around until she was dizzy and started to vomit, but the girls grabbed hold of her nose and mouth so she couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Secret Ceremony | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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