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...flower. That would start a fertilization process eventually resulting in seed and the propagation of the species. As a result of one of nature's oversights, however, many of the pollen grains reached another moist and sticky target first: a human eye or the mucous membranes of a nose or bronchial tube, where they set off a chain of events with a decidedly different outcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Allergies Nothing to Sneeze At | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...firm, reported last week that in the past six months Iraq may have secretly sold off up to 50 tons of its bullion reserve, which was last reported, in 1977, to stand at 129 tons. That could explain how Saddam came up with enough hard cash to thumb his nose at a United Nations offer to let him sell $1.6 billion in oil to buy much needed food and medical products abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paper Tiger? | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...someone has 14 earrings in their ears and their nose -- and who knows where else -- and spiky green hair and smells like a skunk, I don't know why I have to hire them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Jun. 8, 1992 | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...People talk about a nose for the goal, for instance. But my goals are never pretty. They're hustling goals, little tip-ins. It all comes back to the intensity and being there 100 percent in all the games. And not missing any of those opportunities...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All-Attitude Athlete | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...They left your nose out. A couple of times I had fights with them. I had to struggle and buck and go "Mmmmm!" because I had a cold. I had to make them understand that they couldn't completely cover my mouth, because I couldn't breathe. You'd get exhaust fumes underneath the truck. I was deathly afraid during one move that I was going to vomit -- I was very sick, and of course my mouth was taped up -- and that I would choke to death on my vomit. When we went to South Lebanon, it was four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terry Anderson: The World is Fresh and Bright and Beautiful | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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