Word: nosedness
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"The serpent was about 50 feet away and going five miles an hour with a sort of undulating motion," said the auditor. "His head, which resembles that of a snub-nosed crocodile, was 18 inches above the water. I'd say he was 35 feet long."
Died. The Most Rev. Edward Joseph Hanna, 83, San Francisco's longtime (1915-35) labor-arbitrating Archbishop; in Rome, where he had lived since his retirement. Smooth-faced, hook-nosed Archbishop Hanna's active 20-year leadership in West Coast labor reform climaxed in 1934 when he was...
"Bombs Away!" Then Root nosed the ship down slightly as thousands of pounds of bombs shot down onto Yawata. Root made a steep left turn. Through the copilot's windows I could see another Superfortress on the bomb-run below us; there was another overhead. Then there was a...
He sat first with his top naval chiefs, British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and U.S. Rear Admiral Alan Kirk. Then Ground Forces Commander General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery came aboard, in his favorite battle dress of fleece-lined jacket and corduroy trousers. After Monty had made his report he swung...
It was like a tour of O.D. duty-not fun, but necessary. Snub-nosed, wavy-haired Lightning Pilot Richard Ira Bong, one of the U.S.'s two top aces.† was on exhibition in Washington, and he took it that way, self-possessed, as a well-bred 23-year...