31.   Buy and sell futures contracts on this stuff and thumb your nose at the snow.

32.   By seeming to thumb his nose at that political compromise, Duisenberg has provided a reminder to European voters of just how much sovereignty their governments have given up.

33.   Can Yung be so independent of Beijing as to thumb his nose at its policy of low executive pay?

34.   Cedric Ceballos, upset with who knows exactly what, thumbs his nose at his teammates and goes water skiing.

35.   China will thumb its nose at us.

36.   Congress can not only thumb its nose at the public but also feels free to brag about it.

37.   Congress can not only thumb its nose at the public, but brag about it as well.

38.   Despite a series of earlier covert operations, Saddam remained standing, thumbing his nose at the Western world.

39.   Do something to use the technology, to keep it too busy to thumb its nose at the game.

40.   Edwards always thumbed his nose at propriety and the law and was applauded for it.