21.   Both have gone out of their way over the years to thumb their noses at their respective establishments.

22.   A Victorian-era photograph in the book shows Armand with teen-age friends, as she and another young woman thumb their noses at the camera.

23.   But corruption in the form of tax evasion has provided Mexicans with a way of thumbing their noses at crooked government officials who have routinely looted public treasuries.

24.   But he thumbed his nose at the principle of majority vote this week.

25.   But in less than three weeks, Shoebuy.com will get to thumb its nose at its doubters.

26.   But Jeff Campbell, head of a San Francisco-area cleaning service and author of three books on cleaning, thumbs his nose at that suggestion.

27.   But it may be impossible to go back to the days of the quirky Apple Computer that thumbed its nose at its competitors with legendary cockiness.

28.   But that is not so easy in a city that habitually thumbs its nose at traffic laws.

29.   But time thumbed its nose at the Knicks.

30.   But woe to those public officials who thumb their noses at values held dear by the public.