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...rushing air, at first almost too faint to hear, then louder and louder still A faint red glow appears at the edges of the cockpit windows, then spreads across them and seems to curl up over the fuselage ... As it slows and the air no longer supports its raised nose, the forward landing gear falls with a jarring whump ... A spaceship has landed on earth...
...some great play out there," said Fanikos. "You've got to keep your nose to the ground and just go. There's no finesse involved...
...because your article warned that "the general public will see very little ... Distanced from the work by crowds and railings, they will find their hope to experience Van Gogh's art in its true quality thwarted." I found the railings only inches from the wall, and could be nose to nose with Van Gogh's tremendous talent for as long as I wished...
...compulsive excellence set him apart from other mortals more than his prominent proboscis. Jacobi, for all his energetic resourcefulness, has neither the swagger nor the stature for the part. He commandeers the stage with his ambition to fill the role, but his shortcomings are as plain as the nose on Cyrano's face. -By Richard Corliss
...holes in the military version were further exposed by the testimony of nine civilian witnesses. Especially telling was the account secretly relayed to the board last July by Celso Loterina, a Philippine Airlines ground engineer who had been standing near the nose of the China Airlines jet. During the 5 critical seconds, said Loterina, he heard the sound of running feet the metal stairway and looked up to see Aquino about four steps from the bottom. At that moment, he saw a hand appear behind the opposition leader and fire a bullet into the back of his head...