Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turning point in the Lions' fortunes this year came when they beat Princeton 38-36, in the Tigers' Jadwin Gym. Gene Bentz, whose nose would provide a suitable canvas for a Mount Rushmore miniature, hit a desperation jumper for the win. "When you beat Princeton at their own game, then you're playing very intelligently," Penders said. "As far as I'm concerned that's the biggest win we've ever...
...biorhythm craze grew from the mystic speculations of Wilhelm Fliess, a colorful Berlin doctor who was Sigmund Freud's closest friend for more than a decade. A nose and throat specialist, Fliess is best known for his belief that the nose is responsible for many neurotic and sexual ailments, which are curable by applying cocaine to what he called the "genital spots" of the nasal membrane. Fliess published books and essays of impenetrable mathematics, all revolving around his mystic numbers, 23 (representing the masculine or physical principle) and 28 (representing the feminine, emotional principle and presumably based...
...their four children live in Sweden. A paunchy 240 Ibs., Johansson, plays some tennis and a lot of golf and admits he is still looking for a post-boxing career. Says he: "I haven't done anything, really. I am like a used-car dealer; I stick my nose in everything I can make a profit...
Twenty states* have moved to stop nose thumbing at court orders by passing the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, which generally promises respect for custody terms worked out in other states. That still leaves 30 states as potential havens for child snatchers, however, and the act does not provide a mechanism to track abductions across state lines. An obvious answer is federal standards, but lawmakers are reluctant to thrust Washington into family spats. Says U.S. Representative John Conyers of Michigan, whose House Judiciary subcommittee has buried several federal bills: "Whenever there is onerous conduct, everybody says there ought...
Finally, not only do I know nothing about it, but I don't even like snow, a distaste that goes back to that afternoon in seventh grade when the class bully hit me in the nose with a snowball the size of a pregnant Swedish meatball because I wouldn't let him copy my math homework. I particularly don't like this snow. Now it's one thing for the snow to cause this week to be canceled. (It will be replayed at a later date). It's one thing for the snow to cause the hot water...