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The black waiting rooms in bus and train stations were always in my experience dingy and dirty, the black drinking fountains were always just spigots, the black-only seating sections in cinemas and churches were always way up in the nose-bleed section, and the black-only bathrooms were always unbridled squalor.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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"It's a blip on the screen when we're at nose-bleed price levels like this."
Jobs Data Hurt Gold, but Silver Touches a Record Tatyana Shumsky 2010
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Mayor Fenty's attorney general Peter Nickles was in the nose-bleed section.
Post debate focuses on schools, jobs, 'cronyism' charges 2010
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They treated everyone from floor seats to nose-bleed seats with a great deal of fairness and gave great access and space to as many people as humanly possible.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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They treated everyone from floor seats to nose-bleed seats with a great deal of fairness and gave great access and space to as many people as humanly possible.
Still Overwhelmed 2008
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The black waiting rooms in bus and train stations were always in my experience dingy and dirty, the black drinking fountains were always just spigots, the black-only seating sections in cinemas and churches were always way up in the nose-bleed section, and the black-only bathrooms were always unbridled squalor.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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As far as rating point, which is all sales cares about anyway, we were at a nose-bleed inducing 0.0.
Max Tolkoff: To Live and Die in L.A. -- the Passing of Indie 103.1 2009
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Up in the nose-bleed section, I was flanked by university students and whole families that traveled in from the poor fringes of this massive city, to hear about what they see clearly as the latest front in the battle between haves and have-nots, and feigned democracy and real democracy.
Laura Carlsen: Zelaya Tells Mexicans Obama Can Turn Back Coup "In Five Minutes" 2009
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The management of the older companies may fondly recall the days of nose-bleed P/E ratios, which, like youth, are generally a one-time phenomenon.
Sure I.B.M. Is Smaller. So What? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bloomberg looked down at the tickets and read off a nose-bleed seat number.
Andrea Chalupa: At Bette's Hulaween: Mayor Bloomberg "Dressed" as Matt Damon 2009
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