Word: nosed
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...entire bill by forcing it into a House-Senate conference, where opponents could bottle it up forever. N.R.A. lobbyists swarmed through the Capitol, warning Democrats and Republicans alike that they would pay dearly if they voted against the amendment. But the reformers rallied again. Senator John McCain, his nose bandaged because of a recent skin-cancer surgery, camped out in an office on the House side of the Capitol--across the hall from DeLay's suite--and pleaded with Republican supporters not to break ranks. House minority leader Dick Gephardt, hobbled by a recent hernia operation, phoned more than...
...seem to be behind him and a plotline involving a doctor caring for terminally ill patients, Dragonfly may appear to be unfortunately reminiscent of 1998’s Patch Adams. At one point in the movie, a doctor is even shown wearing Patch-esque bunny ears complete with marshmallow nose for her young charges in a cancer ward. But the similarities end there; Dragonfly forgoes the feel-good sappiness of the Robin Williams film and falls short in its attempt to be another Sixth Sense...
Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ’87 affectionately wipes the “sludgy“ nose of her two-month-old son and places him in the Gymini, where a toy rooster and other animals hang from two criss-crossing poles above...
From 1960 Warhol made paintings by enlarging the drawings found in small ads for water heaters, TVs - or, in Before and After (1961), nose reshaping. The canvas shows how American society is caught between innovation and conformity, says De Salvo: "You see one nose and then you see this very refined, curt nose that has a kind of anonymous quality. He uses one image as a metaphor for an entire culture." Warhol had his own conk altered a few years earlier on his journey from a Czechoslovak immigrant background in Pittsburgh to fashionable circles in New York...
...Rams fan. Remember, the Superdome is the same place where the hated NFC West rival Saints play. So it's a little like the Jets playing a Super Bowl in Miami or the Redskins playing for all the marbles in Dallas, right under Jerry Jones' nose. The Rams season-ticket holders will do their best peacock impressions, showing their colors for all the locals to see. Don't be surprised if those famous Bourbon Street 3-for-1 specials turn into 6-for-1's for anyone donning Patriots gear...