Word: nose
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...supposed to play catch with his master by hitting a ball repeatedly off his nose,” Sosulski wrote in an e-mail. “He ran off the main stage and started trying to, shall we say, ‘make love’ to Paul Schaffer, the keyboardist...
...model of governance at odds with what he views as the unilateral American approach. And within the E.U., Chirac wants to make sure that France retains its pre-eminence alongside Germany as one of the Union's two prime movers. If that means he has to turn up his nose at Tony Blair, as he did at the E.U. summit late last month, he's more than willing. Chirac, who celebrates his 70th birthday at the end of this month, has often been thwarted in a career that stretches back four decades, so he's making...
Fayanju started developing his talent at the age of three when he was given a world atlas. Not allowed to go out and play at such a young age, he always had his nose in the book, and though he wasn’t that precocious a reader, he remembers associating the colors of countries with names and capitals. As he grew up, his knowledge intensified: “Just like kids could rattle of baseball statistics I could remember geography facts—capitals, main exports, just really random facts...
...examined 17 police officers on bike patrol and compared the pressure on various parts of their saddles with the number and duration of their erections during sleep. Those who cycled the most and were subjected to the greatest perineal pressure had the fewest and shortest erections. "The bicycle seat nose appears to be the biggest problem," says the study's lead author, Steven Schrader, a reproductive physiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
Even if bike seats do cause problems, the solution is not necessarily clear. Goldstein is adamant that the saddle nose should be eliminated. And yet, says Dr. Roger Minkow, a physician who designs bike seats and other accessories for a living, that would make controlling a bicycle more difficult. The nose, by giving you something to shift your body weight against, actually helps you steer. Minkow's solution: a split-seat design that he says reduces perineal pressure enough to restore blood flow...