Word: nosed
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...glare of White House cameras was no fun for Margaret Truman, the only child of Harry Truman, and her early attempt at a singing career was not much easier. (When a critic panned her "flat" voice, the President warned that if they met, the critic would need a "new nose.") Still, the witty, levelheaded Margaret found her calling in 1980 when she published the best-selling Murder in the White House, the first of a series of mysteries set in the FBI, Supreme Court and other political hot spots...
...cozy up and prepare for the return. Nonstop round-trips must not be common. 4:09 AM—My jaunt on the shuttle comes to an end as we pull into Lamont. I thank the driver, take my last few breaths of fresh air, plug my nose, cover up any exposed wounds, and enter Lamont’s filthy stank...
...Your nose is one of the less complicated parts of your body, and yet we credit it with considerable intelligence in the area of truth vs. falsehood. We "sniff out a lie." We say "something smells fishy." Now studies suggest that something more than metaphor may be at work here--specifically, brain science. The same research may also shed unexpected light on religious faith...
...vibrant thatch of mangroves. Sprigs of jatropha - a tropical shrub that can be harvested to produce clean biodiesel - are already growing on the slopes of garbage. "We're going to green this landfill," says Bakken. "One day this is going to be a park." Squint enough - and hold your nose against the smell - and you can just...
...them. I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old?break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon...