Word: sobriqueted
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...long as four months, before coming to Hollywood. Director Henry Hathaway thought the actor too clean-cut to play Udo, but Darryl Zanuck, the boss of 20th Century-Fox, detected psychological turbulence beneath Widmark's stark, chiseled features, and the role was his, for life. It earned him the sobriquet "the face of film noir" and his only Oscar nomination...
...Having invented a suitable sobriquet - I don't know of any Chinese serial killers, so "Chairman Mao" will have to do - I'm led into what feels like an executive boardroom: A haze of sweet cigarette smoke hangs over an oval-shaped table around which sit 16 players. I take a slim silver case from the pile on a tray offered by a waitress. It flips open to reveal a card which is not that of a "killer." I try to avoid breathing a sigh of relief. Then the judge's voice rings out over the sound system...
Armed with the skills, the style, and the sobriquet, Zornow entered his first competition in 2002. It was at a car show. In Queens...
...Many professional golfers have criticized Carnoustie for its severity - "Carnasty" is a preferred sobriquet - but their debt to the course is immense. The modern golf swing that has brought them unparalleled control of the ball (and untold riches) was invented here and came about as a direct response to the course's difficulty. It's basic science: a sport, like an organism, can evolve only when it has challenges to overcome...
...DECIDER n. A self-coined sobriquet for Bush, who bestowed the label on himself when explaining his initial rejection of calls for Donald Rumsfeld to step down as Secretary of Defense...