Word: nosed
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...boat trip over and the new friends she was making by the second, she felt bathed in a sense of community and shared purpose that surpassed anything she had felt back at the sorority. What they represented, these kids from all over the world, with their nose rings and tattoos and sarongs and dreadlocks, was the possibility that through music, dance and, yes, even drugs, there could be liberation from the routine, from the drabness of post-graduate life, of a pre-ordained career. "This is the first time in my life that I feel I can do anything...
...customize the content of broadcast sports coverage. Let's say, for example, that you only want to watch players groom themselves and spit. The new personal-p.o.v. digital technology will allow you to remain focused on any player, on the field or off, who's picking his nose, adjusting his protective cup or spewing tobacco juice--without the constant interruption of superfluous play-by-play coverage...
...Hermit Kingdom is poking its nose out of its shell. Senior State Department officials are surprised by how North Korea has begun to reach out to other countries over the past few months. Pyongyang recently established formal diplomatic ties with Italy, Brunei and the Philippines, and is discussing normalized relations with Japan and Australia. "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il, who celebrated his 58th birthday last week by opening a consulate in Hong Kong, is even warming to the old enemy - he held a personal meeting last October with Hyundai executives from South Korea...
...Sweet Hereafter proved to be a landmark film for Egoyan because, against virtually all odds, it garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. For those who think that independent filmmakers look down their nose at the Oscars, Egoyan serves as a striking contrast to that notion...
...They are a hard-nose hockey team," Nowak said...