Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Open Faucet. On the West Coast, operators who had sworn they would not do business with the C.I.O.'s Harry ("The Nose") Bridges, came to an agreement with him in an aura of warmth and amiability. They had their fingers crossed, but all publicly agreed that The Nose was not such a bad joe after...
...Chiang seldom quoted the Bible. He stressed four old traditional ideas: Li ("regulated attitude"), I ("right conduct"), Lien ("honesty") and Chih ("integrity and honor"). Out of these came Chiang's "New Life Movement," which symbolized the new China; it included strictures against everything from bribery to wiping the nose on the sleeve...
When a plane is flying at Mach 1 or above, shock waves flare back in a "V" from its nose and wing roots like water waves from the bow of a ship. The swept-back wings keep inside the V, and avoid a tangle with the shock wave...
...capes to keep skiers warm on the cold ride up the slope. (Tow attendants will send the capes down on empty chairs.) He also went after customers with flashy tailormades up to $225. Parisian Dressmaker Carven designed "kiss-not" hoods that left an opening only for the nose and eyes...
...most horrible thing was a little girl, about 13. She stood on the sidewalk with some other kids, just a few yards from the savage fighting. Her nose was running, her flaxen hair was wet and bedraggled, and she had a sore under one of her eyes, which were pale blue and showed no emotion or even comprehension of the scene. With the other children, she was chanting, "Jules Moch, assassin, Jules Moch, assassin, Jules Moch, assassin...