Word: nosed
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Glasses are unavoidable for many of us. Will has great frames that fit the shape of his head nicely. Still, a little variety—a la contacts—would make for a more dynamic look. Wearing glasses every day can lead to oily buildup beneath the nose guards and ultimately acne. Also, glasses need to be contextualized. They’re fine at the library or a quiet dinner; they’re out of place at the club...
...dazed. His adventure has every appearance of being just what he says it is: an extravagant youthful dream he has clung to for 20 years and which he is now riding out into the broad world, where so much can go awry. As his ship poked its nose out into the sea, he tried once again to explain what on earth possessed him, why someone with no background as an adventurer and no special expertise in maritime history would undertake such an arduous voyage. Baffled, it seems, that anyone might fail to grasp the logic of his epic expedition...
DIED. HERB BROOKS, 66, who coached the most famous U.S. ice-hockey victory, the Miracle on Ice, at the 1980 Lake Placid, N.Y., Winter Olympics; in an auto accident, near Forest Lake, Minn. A hockey obsessive known for his strategic imagination and nose-to-nose motivation, he adapted Team U.S.A.'s training and tactics to the wide-open European-style game and convinced his team of amateurs that they were destined to beat the hockey powerhouse that was then the Soviet national team. They did, 4-3, in a game that instantly became famous. They next beat Finland...
...weddings a year. I listen time and time again to couples vowing to "love, honor, and cherish," knowing full well that at least 50% of them will break those vows. This isn't about sanctity of marriage. It's about the conservative vote. Perhaps the church should keep its nose out of legal contracts. And the government should stay out of religious rites. Jackson Hearn Houston, Texas...
...into plastic surgery. His drama Nip/Tuck (FX, starts July 22, 10 p.m. E.T.), about two plastic surgeons, one cynical and one idealistic, includes one of the most gruesome scenes outside pay cable: a tour-de-force facial reconstruction that includes a doctor whacking a chisel into a patient's nose. In part, Murphy sees Nip/Tuck as a counter to the bust-boosting boosterism of Extreme...