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  • The Nosy is available in two versions – either on a base, or for plugging in.

    New Lighting from Lightyears 2008

  • Alarmed by these discoveries, the Manatts gathered local parents in their living room and formed what was soon known as the Nosy Parents Association, a group dedicated to preventing teenage drug use.

    Reefer Madness 1994

  • Alarmed by these discoveries, the Manatts gathered local parents in their living room and formed what was soon known as the Nosy Parents Association, a group dedicated to preventing teenage drug use.

    Reefer Madness 1994

  • The few aye-ayes that were known to exist in 1985 were to be found (or more usually not found) on a tiny, idyllic, rainforest island called Nosy Mangabe, just off the north-east coast of Madagascar to which they had been removed twenty years earlier.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • Nosy minds want to know: Is there an "other-half" to Pandora/Michael?

    John Gascot: RuPaul's Drag U: Pandora Boxx John Gascot 2011

  • Nosy agencies like the DEC, EPA, OSHA and the BOH may not like the practice, but there is no danger to human health from it because there are no bacteria harmful to humans that can survive the (low) pH of grape juice.

    Doing a pigeage on Pinot - photo caption | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • As children ages 2-6 will find in "Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter" Nosy Crow, 28 pages, $12.99 , it's engrossing enough to contemplate low-level questions of property rights, sharing and clemency.

    Prince Charming Among the Cyborgs Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • As an avid pro-choice supporter, I want to be on the “right” side, so I should get in line with formerstate Rep. Wanda Jo Stapleton, who puts forth that “Nosy neighbors with some effort could identify or, even worse, misidentify these women who answer these questions.”

    2009 December « Biodork 2009

  • Nosy minds want to know: Is there an "other-half" to Pandora/Michael?

    John Gascot: RuPaul's Drag U: Pandora Boxx John Gascot 2011

  • Nosy minds want to know: Is there an "other-half" to Pandora/Michael?

    John Gascot: RuPaul's Drag U: Pandora Boxx John Gascot 2011

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