Word: nosed
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...freely admit that I’m just as guilty as the next person. There’s nothing I enjoy more than feigning superiority and sarcastically thumbing my nose at our Connecticut counterparts...
...Touch forefinger to nose; say alphabet backwards with extreme precision...
Swathed in smoke and murky lighting in the Avalon Ballroom on We. Nov. 13th, Les Claypool hunched over to sing into his distorted microphone. Though he resembles the Child-Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, complete with lank hair and bowler hat and a somewhat more modest nose, he is something of a visionary as well. After four decades of bite-sized, digestible songs of appropriate lengths and recognizable lyrics, there may be something of a crisis brewing in certain music circles. What is there left to do? One response is Sigur Ros’ experiments with wordlessness and nameless...
...latest resolution, that position would be unlikely to carry the day at the Security Council, and would therefore not serve Washington's interest in establishing a consensus on Iraq. A divided Council, after all, is the principal reason Saddam has managed to get away with thumbing his nose at the UN until now. While the U.S. may continue to cite the "no-fly" zone combat as evidence of Iraq's belligerent intentions, the violations that will count in the international conversation over how to deal with Iraq will be those concerning weapons inspections - either obstructing inspectors, or proof of continued...
...August in Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass, which sold 100,000 copies in Russia. Like Harry, Tanya is an orphan who resides in a world swirling with magic. Instead of a scar on her forehead like Harry's, however, Tanya has a mole on her nose. This distinction is not enough to pacify Rowling's publisher, which sent a cease-and-desist letter to Yemets' publisher. Yemets claims that while his book was intended in part as a parody of Rowling's, it is vastly different in that it draws from Russian folklore...