Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same Senate friends helped Mr. Mallon with a few names here, a few names there, until, in two days, he had compiled a version, at least, of the Lenroot vote, which was promptly published in U. P.-served newspapers. Again a Senate secret was out. Again Pressman Mallon's nose-for-news shocked and scandalized Senators...
...Angeles and Washington, D. C., bought himself a Wasp-motored Lockheed-Vega ship with seats for five. It can make 180 m. p. h. That is not fast enough to please the owner. He often makes his pilot shoot up at as sharp an angle as possible and nose-dive to the limit of safety. Few men of 65 dare put their hearts to the strain of such quick altitude changes...
...Laryngological Association held its annual meeting last week, quoted its retiring president, Charles W. Richardson of Washington, as declaring: "With Americans consuming sugar at the rate of 105 Ib. per capita annually, which amounts to better than a third of a teacup daily, many diseases of the throat and nose can be traced directly to that cause." Later, Dr. Richardson vigorously refused to explain any bad effect sugar might have on nose or throat...
...base of Pike's Peak, last week, Bill Williams of Rio Hondo, Tex., started to nose-push a peanut. His purpose: To push it to the top. Mr. Williams acquired his nose-pushing habit last year when he lost an election bet on Alfred Emanuel Smith...
...anything even through the holes in the goggles. In spite of the temperature the flier ungoggled his eyes, the better to watch his instruments. He was dizzy but he pushed the plane slowly through a last thousand feet. At 39,140 ft. he finally pushed it too far. The nose whipped over; the plane plunged 2,000 ft. in a spin. Then the new holder of the altitude record took control of the machine once more, brought it and himself to earth unharmed, 1¼ hrs. after leaving...