Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Scelba drove on serenely. At Carpi, scene of repeated Red-led strikes, he got out and walked through the market place, alone and unprotected. When the crowd recognized his balding head and his hooked Sicilian nose, some people sneered, but most, admiring his guts, applauded. When Scelba's police escort finally caught up with him and asked anxiously whether they had better clear the square, Scelba just laughed and walked on, still alone...
After the all clear: ¶If there is dust outside, cover mouth and nose with a handkerchief (the dust might be radioactive), nail blinds over broken windows. At the first chance, change clothes, scrub with plenty of soap, get hair and fingernails clean (they might carry radio-active particles...
...Claret has appeared from Louis' nose...
...Just what effect a bloody nose has on a fighter, I don't know...
...Judge Goddard: "... a magnificent old American bald eagle with two white nests of hair sprouting from long ears, curving quizzical eyes, an imperial hook of nose, and a huge clapper of a mouth...