Word: nosed
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...That preparation came through during those several minutes of danger. After flying at a low altitude with the wing flaps (which are usually used to slow the plane on landing) deployed and the nose pitched up slightly higher than usual-all of which helped burn off unwanted fuel faster-the pilots executed a textbook emergency landing a Los Angeles. They brought the plane in as slow as possible, touched down in the center of the runway, and by holding the sidestick back kept the nosewheel from touching down until the last moment, and then applied the brakes to come...
Veteran defensive lineman Erik Grimm and All-Ivy nose tackle Michael Berg are charged with the task of keeping blockers away from Thomas and his fellow linebackers, as well as making penetration into the backfield and putting pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Last season Grimm was the second leading tackler on the defensive line, and Berg finished with six sacks. Senior defensive lineman Wainwright Wint saw only limited action last season, but is now penciled in as a starter and, according to Doherty, is expected to make “surprising contributions...
...more futuristic image search, which can scan and recognize facial images, is being developed by Massachusetts-based Viisage. It focuses on unique marks on the human face--cheekbones, tip of the nose--and can cross-reference pictures with databases, much to the interest of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies. In Florida, the Pinellas County sheriff's office has outfitted troopers' cars with a system that uses Viisage technology. If a trooper sees someone acting suspiciously, the officer can take a digital image of the person, upload it to a database of criminals, and get back any hits. How hard...
Bret Easton Ellis keeps getting up to go to the bathroom. He gets up three times during the course of a two-hour lunch. And he's kind of sniffly too--keeps blowing his nose. So, naturally, I ask him if he's doing coke in there. Ellis thinks this is funny...
...York Knicks general manager Isaiah Thomas says that, when he was younger, he started putting white handkerchiefs in his suit jackets to imitate you. Are Knicks going to be walking around New York with white hankies? I don?t know. It depends if they have a runny nose...