Word: nosed
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...short story, "The Mighty Kingdom of Shrimpy-Ub." His motivation for doing so, on a rug in the middle of his living room, remains unspoken, as do the origins of the ritual. His roommate Paul, who has a similar wiener-like shape, but taller and with a nose, lips and pronounced nipples, cocks his eyebrow in bafflement. The dance seems connected to the little Ib-Ubs, tiny four-legged creatures who begin erecting small towers on the floor using the bricks that shoot out of their snout. Thus ensconced in his living-room kingdom, King Shrimpy-Ub demands...
...people with really sensitive skin, sunscreen sometimes isn't enough. More manufacturers are offering clothing--some fashionable, some burqaesque--specially designed to protect skin from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Solar Eclipse sells a "driving sleeve" for arms that hang out of car windows. Sun Precautions has a nose-to-neck ventilated mask (above). And Coolibar offers a kid's cap with a protective neck drape...
Harvard’s publicly silent, nose-to-the-grindstone approach to issues facing international students was not the only path open to a university of its stature...
...perched alertly on Portman’s lap, Charlie hardly seems lonely. He aims his short snout at a passing spaniel and twitches his nose in the easy spring breeze. Like his owner, he appears confident in the shade of Harvard’s halls...
...RETIRED. CONCORDE, the sleek, chic, supersonic passenger jet; on May 31, after 27 years of service, by Air France; in Roissy, France. Despite stratospheric ticket prices?more than $10,000 for some flights?the jet's profitability nose-dived following a July 2000 crash in which 113 people were killed. Increasing maintenance expenses and a slumping aviation industry compounded Concorde's woes. British Airways, the only other airline flying the jet, plans to ground its fleet...