Word: nosed
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...Both decks of the Airbus behemoth were as quiet as if you were in a plane with the engines shut off. But the new A380 already had its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900s guzzling the 46,000 lbs. of fuel the 90-minute ride was expected to consume. The nose of the largest commercial airliner in the world turned up as if lifting its face to the sky and we were off the ground...
...year every year. In a 1992 survey of English teachers to determine the top-10 required "book-length works" in high school English classes, plays by Shakespeare occupied three spots and the Bible none. And yet, let's compare the two: Beauty of language: Shakespeare, by a nose. Depth of subject matter: toss-up. Breadth of subject matter: the Bible. Numbers published, translated etc: Bible. Number of people martyred for: Bible. Number of wars attributed to: Bible. Solace and hope provided to billions: you guessed it. And Shakespeare would almost surely have agreed. According to one estimate, he alludes...
...passed away when he was 19. It took him eight years to work his way through college. He has guided Japanese tourists in Hawaii, sold chocolate in Jamaica, exported sea urchins from Maine, managed real estate in New York City and translated for the Mets and the Yankees. His nose for opportunity led him to law school. "I figured there was a market for Japanese-speaking lawyers," he says. There was. Since 2002 he has practiced intellectual-property law at New York's Day Pitney, from which he may someday segue into baseball agenting. Eventually, "I'd like to find...
...nose got out of joint when he and wife Victoria weren't invited to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' Oscar party in Malibu, Calif...
Pressler says MobiTV has similar potential: to create a multimedia entertainment product "like TiVo minus the DVR." Pressler, 34, hits the age of the average employee on the nose and falls into the main demographic of MobiTV's subscribers. This "scary playful" company, he says, is riding on the talents and creativity of people just like him. That...