Word: odorants
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...Definitive," remarks Commentary Editor Robert Alter, "except for the omission of a computerized convector-current olfactory unit to waft about in seven pre-sequenced patterns the odor of rotten bread, potato peels and scorched flesh...
...trial before Federal Judge George Pratt, who is holding hearings in New York City on whether the agents went too far in trying to encourage Congressmen and others to commit illegal acts. Indeed, Judge William Bryant, who presided at Kelly's trial, has said that Abscam "has an odor to it that is absolutely repulsive." Nonetheless, Justice Department lawyers are confident that the defendants can not show enough evidence of Government overreaching to get the convictions thrown out on appeal...
These verities are now riddled with doubts, uncertainty principles and tough tax laws. Today, Epstein argues, business success is looked down on as a bit tacky. In England and America, he says, it is fashionable to think small, though not necessarily to live that way. There is now an odor of hypocrisy in the air, notes Epstein, particularly among "authors of books deploring affluence who regularly call their editors for up-to-the-minute royalty statements; Marxist professors with two Volvos in the driveways of their summer homes. Esquire, whose pages spill over with advertisements for cars, clothes, travel...
...pure alcohol instead of gasoline. By 1982, Brazil hopes to have produced at least 1 million alcomobiles. Except for a few minor engine alterations, the cars look and run like standard models. And instead of putting out the acrid smell of gasoline fumes, the autos give off an odor resembling vanilla...
...substance stirring the most concern-and the apparent source of the California woman's illness-is formaldehyde, a gas given off by, among other things, poorly installed foam insulation. Although colorless, the gas has a pungent odor, can irritate the eyes and nose and can cause dizziness and vomiting. If animal tests are any indication, it can also create more serious problems. Subjected to prolonged high concentrations of formaldehyde, at levels comparable to those in some buildings, rats and mice developed cancerous tumors in their noses...