Mark Stodola (and others) said (or words to this effect)...

|nslookup has been deprecated for years and shouldn't be used.  I'd 
|recommend looking at using the replacement called 'dig' for queries.  
|See if that solves your problems.

I finally found out how to do what I needed in dig.
I really don't care much for dig's interface or docs,
but since it's supported, I guess I'm stuck with it.
Thanks to all who replied.

-Miles