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...title character of Cyrano de Bergerac tells his audience that a great nose makes a great man. The Cyrano in this Loeb Mainstage production certainly has a great nose, and is certainly a great...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: `Cyrano' Shines Like the Stars at the Loeb Mainstage | 5/4/1990 | See Source »

From both final exams and spring formals I derive an almost perverse delicious satisfaction at the immolation of my soul. In the first, I am reminded of the futility of a semester's worth of academic nose-grinding. In the other, my utter incompetence at romance is gleefully rubbed in my nose...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: 'Don't Remind Me' | 4/28/1990 | See Source »

That sort being in short supply, I decided to call up someone I don't know very well who seemed acceptable. He eats with silverware and doesn't blow his nose on his sleeve...

Author: By Betty Hung, | Title: 'Find A Date? At Harvard?' | 4/28/1990 | See Source »

...concerned, this sort of negativity has no place on the opinion page of a respectable newspaper. As our first-grade teachers used to tell us, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. And get your finger out of your nose...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A. Kinder, Gentler Crimson | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

Life on the Politburo is not a lot of fun these days. If Mikhail Gorbachev isn't changing the job descriptions of the Soviet leaders, the parliament is poking its nose into party business. Now the Supreme Soviet's Commission on Privileges is taking an ax to some of the things that made party life worth living, specifically the comfortable dachas, or country houses, enjoyed by the elite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Housecleaning, Gorby-Style | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

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