Word: nosed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...yards of "Mad about Classics," "Weekend Classics," "Heavy Classix," "Inifinity Classics," "Best of Bach" and other compact discs have made fast inroads at retail stores. To these rows upon rows of recordings, most of them inexpensive, numerous classical afficionadoes turn up their collective nose. Why? The artists aren't the most famous, the works aren't complete, the selections pander to popular taste, the recording quality isn't great...
Deservedly so. His Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark, the kind of good fellow who can shatter his competitor's nose and with a casually aimed shot nip a sliver off his scalp, in the process neither raising his voice nor losing his shy little smile. He's a much neater operative than Pulp's Vinnie. And his drug of choice is much less threatening; it's old movies. For he's also the kind of film geek who can identify Rio Bravo from a few snippets overheard on the TV set in another room, or mouth...
...certainly clouded the judgment of some of the officers and evidence collectors involved in this case. There should be repercussions for this, and there should be retribution. But is it revenge to free a man viewed by many as a murderer, or is it simply cutting off one's nose to spite one's face...
...smart, righteous loner. It requires as well a taste for labyrinthine plotting (and a confidence that the audience will pay close attention to it despite the lack of car chases and explosions); a gift for bizarre, boldly stated characterizations (often enough hinting at sexual kinks); and, most important, a nose for social nuance...
...victim reportedly suffered a bloody nose, and many bruises, bumps and scratches. She was also diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome...