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In the King's bed last week George II looked up at the Roman-nosed ancestors of Vittorio Emanuele III cut in the ceiling frieze.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was evident that Bennett Clark did not enjoy backing Truman so much as he loved clapperclawing Truman's rival�stiff, Roman-nosed Governor Lloyd Crow Stark.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fastest qualifying time was made by nervous little Roman-nosed Tazio Nuvolari, who has won 87 out of the 153 races he has entered and is currently considered Europe's best driver.

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On to Jefferson City, where Roman-nosed Governor Lloyd Crow Stark greeted him; to Fulton for a talk at Westminster College, answered questions until midnight, then a 65-mile drive to Macon.

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In course of time, he reached the automobile, landed in a heap on the bosom of the beetle-browed, Roman-nosed passenger in the tonneau, and encircling him with his hairy arms.

From Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California by Standish, Burt L.