Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suspended from office for letting corruption burgeon under his nose, Sioux City's Mayor William Dukes Hayes complained that he was too busy to act as "a cop on the corner," last week found a district judge who agreed with him, dismissed an action for his removal...
...then would be time enough, from that lofty position, to salute Professor Kittredge with a time-honored gesture involving the thumb, four fingures, and the tip of one's nose...
...Goose and the Gander consists of the efforts of the guests at the lodge to conceal their identities. The picture's suspense is contributed by the jewel thieves' attempts to retrieve their swag. Its charm resides in the fact that George Brent can wrinkle his nose whereas Kay Francis cannot pronounce "r." Good shot: a bedazzled police chief (Spencer Charters) trying to make the company at the lodge explain what they...
According to its current rules, "softball" is a misnomer. The ball, with a 12-in. circumference compared to a baseball's 9 in., is hard enough to break a catcher's nose. Catchers wear masks, fielders wear gloves. The bat is thinner than a baseball bat. Softball pitchers, 37 ft. from the plate, throw underhand. The bases are 60 ft. apart instead of 90 and runners cannot steal until the ball reaches the catcher. There are ten players on a side. In other respects, the rules of softball are almost identical with those of baseball. The most obvious...
...title. A criminal in Addiet, remote mountain city, was sentenced to "death by fire, in muslin," for having shot at the native prince. Rolls of muslin were dipped in hot wax and honey, wrapped in layers around the prisoner, almost entirely covering him except for his eyes and nose. Stiff-legged, he was stood up in the centre of a small fire. "It was early morning; cows lowed. The witnesses smelled the perfume of honey given out by the living candle. . . . At this precise moment some slight things happened which did honor to humanity. One of the Whites present...