Word: nosed
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...before, an AeroMexico jet had mistakenly begun to cross that very runway on its way to the terminal. As the United plane hurtled down the tarmac, the pilots were startled to see the AeroMexico plane wandering into their path. The United captain reacted quickly, abruptly pulling the jetliner's nose off the ground. His plane, with 133 passengers on board, avoided the AeroMexico plane by 100 feet...
...accurately describe my own peculiar set of chronic impairments, which go back 30 years. My inordinate fear of male clowns, for example, especially those with heavy rouge on their cheeks that only partly conceals their stubble. Or my nagging suspicion that some short-order cooks really do blow their nose in the soup, and far more often than their customers realize. Also, I have a habit, in public rest rooms, of drying my hands on the inside of my shirt rather than using those wall-mounted dryers, which I am convinced can spread tuberculosis. Finally, last year, for precisely...
...other half of the Class of 2003--the half who might, upon hearing the news, reach for this fine paper to wipe away a tear or blow a nose--keep your chin up. The best advice for these tumultuous times: Give your new home a chance. Our Houses may not be perfect, but they are far from hopeless...
...matter. E-noses have other, more practical uses. Osmetech, a British e-nose company, has dedicated itself to the detection of diseases. Its e-nose can sniff out six of the seven types of bacteria responsible for urinary-tract infections. Microsensor Systems of Orlando, Fla., makes a $9,800 portable device equipped with crystal sensors that can sniff out spoiling food and chemical weapons with equal ease. Caltech researchers sent one of their chips on John Glenn's space-shuttle mission last year to keep tabs on the quality of the cabin air. An adventurous Cyranose was even used...
Hence the critic's dance: parry censors with one hand; hold your nose with the other. And it's not limited to TV. Look at the art world, where aesthetes regularly defend the rights of heavy-handed art--Sensation, Santa on a cross--that would be lucky to grace the editorial page of a second-rate alternative newsrag...