81.   Now Gazprom has thumbed its nose, spurning the guarantees before they could be withdrawn.

82.   Once again, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is thumbing his nose at the world community.

83.   Of course, this is from the same guy who initially thumbed his nose at The Great One.

84.   Once someone gets tenure, he can thumb his nose at anybody.

85.   President Clinton previously has rattled the mighty U.S. saber at the military government of Haiti, which immediately thumbed its nose at him.

86.   She also has reason to be smug, to thumb her nose at those who doubted her ability.

87.   She and Humphrey Bogart were part of a group who played cards together, although they were better known for carousing and thumbing their noses at society.

88.   So, buy and sell futures contracts on this stuff and thumb your nose at the snow.

89.   Since then, Kennedy has made a game of thumbing his nose at the classical music world.

90.   Some people in the thick of the storm simply thumbed their noses at it.