Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jews grow a straight nose...
...supper at the blazing hearth, listens to her footlight triumphs. In short, he is so thoroughbred that she succumbs to the illicit blandishments of the leading man in her show. Fond Michael, suddenly informed, spoils the matinée idol's beauty with a black eye and bloody nose. The wife repents...
Sculptor Lukeman's work was not cut out for him. For three years he has been cutting it. With scaffolds and staccato electric drills his pygmy assistants have swarmed over the face of Stone Mountain, moulding the gigantic nose, beard, shoulders of General Lee. Often on the plains below has walked Samuel H. Venable of Atlanta. He is the spokesman of the Venable heirs who donated the memorial site...
...last fortnight, was vexed. Said he: "Mr. Borglum's head of General Lee everyone recognized. Mr. Lukeman's head of General Lee few people recognize. The nose is crooked, the left arm looks withered and paralyzed, the hilt of the sword is gone and the stirrup of his saddle is broken off. The money is all gone, and the Lukeman carving of General Lee is a mutilated imperfection that cannot be rectified...
...French is an excellent ball-carrier and player, as well as being a great sportsman" is the opinion of M. E. Sprague, captain of the Cadet eleven and for three years and All-American tackle. Sprague was forced to leave the game early on account of a broken nose. Sprague also complimented the Crimson ends. "The Harvard wings were stopping play after play, overshadowing the rest of the linemen. The first disastrous fumble paving the way for our subsequent touchdown was the result of a bad pass from center but the fumble were merely the breaks of the game which...