Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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April 23--Sweep vs. Dartmouth, MIT in Biglin Bowl, Varsity (6:17.5) by a nose over Dartmouth (6:18) and MIT (6:35) and Dartmouth (dropped...
Dartmouth took an unusually long time to regroup after the crab, and the fast-finishing Crimson won by a nose (6:18) with MIT finishing about two lengths back...
...perhaps the first white man to make the climb over the mountains into the tiny jungle village. That impresses the natives. So does the look of him. He is 6 ft. 4 in. and weighs 230 Ibs. To the black men, his florid face has many colors, and his nose is big enough, by his own boast, to "smell the whole world with." Henderson is also a psychological mess. His quest is for knowledge of Grun tu molani (the way to live). What he carries with him is the doom of self-doubt. "Well, Your Highness...
...yelled Bragg as Grubbs gunned his engines in a frantic effort to veer onto the grass and out of the path of the onrushing KLM. As the crew stared in horror, the nose of the KLM lifted sharply?but not high enough...
...CONTROLLERS. From the moment he asks permission to nose his jet away from the ramp, the pilot?however silvery his hair and steady his hand?must work in close partnership with an individual who is usually a decade or two his junior and may be as outwardly nervous as the pilot is calm. As a group, air controllers are intense and self-confident men (their ranks include few women) who are polished professionals. Day after day, unheard by the passengers riding in the sky, controllers spot pilots who have strayed into trouble and direct them to safety. A disaster could...