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Word: nosing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tomassoni agreed, although putting it a bit more positively. "He's not going to score the pretty goals, but he's not afraid to get his nose dirty...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: The Sophomore Surge | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...matter what Harvard netminder Allain Roy quips, the reason for Vuke's goal-scoring ability is not line-mate and roommate Ciavaglia's awesome assists. Vukonich has a natural nose for the goal and his shot is one of the hardest in Division I hockey...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Vukonich: The Gentle Giant | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...lacks the heroic mien -- steel forged in Camelot -- of central casting's great military strategists: Wellington, MacArthur, Cordesman. His stare, which can be ferocious, is undercut by a fretful brow; the small, almost gentle features are stranded in his moon of a face. And no fellow shaped like a nose tackle is going to cut a chic figure in those desert jammies. You look for John Wayne, and you find Jonathan Winters crossed with Willard Scott: a lunch- pail lug who should be shambling into the Cheers bar to a chorus of "Norm!" Norm? Is that any name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Review: Performin' Norman at Center Stage | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

Adrian Ezra: All-Ivy and Rookie of the Year...The freshman immediately monopolized the fifth seed position to post an undefeated record in regular season dual matches...His only tournament "defeat" of the season came when a separated shoulder and fractured nose forced him to default in the semi-final round of the USSRA championships...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Squash Wrap Up: Men's And Women's Squads Dominate | 3/7/1991 | See Source »

...thing straight. Just as a person's right to swing his fist ends when it hits another's nose, the right to smoke also ends where the non-smoker's nose begins. If you want to pollute your own lungs in the privacy of your own room, that's fine. But the smoker's right to spew carcinogens into the air disappears the moment someone else can breathe them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's About Time | 3/6/1991 | See Source »

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