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...dozens of golfers were enjoying their Sunday at the Shawnee Park course, they gradually found themselves enveloped by a dense, milky white cloud. About a mile away, Barbara Cyrus of Institute, W Va. (pop. 500), stepped out to pick up the newspaper and detected a strong odor that she compared to Kitty Litter. "It just hit me in the face," said Cyrus. "I knew it was coming from Carbide." It was not until 36 min. after plant operators discovered the leak that the local volunteer fire chief sounded a siren to warn the community about the cloud of toxic chemical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under a Noxious Cloud of Fear | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

When University of Oxford researchers presented volunteers with a vial of cheddar-cheese odor labeled either CHEDDAR CHEESE or BODY ODOR, guess which one they preferred? Sure enough, subjects found the odor significantly more pleasant when they thought they were smelling cheese. Researchers used imaging technology to try to pinpoint the neurological intersection of good-smell words with good-smell odors. Though the precise mechanism hasn't yet been worked out, it is clear that smell is in both the nose and the brain of the beholder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Orders: May 30, 2005 | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...seven months ago. You still haven’t showered. Your roommate moved out. The unpleasant odor doesn’t remind anyone of the “great outdoors.” And even the Co-op won’t take...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Bad Trend Alert! | 4/28/2005 | See Source »

...that they could be heard for more than 30 leagues around the base. In the region there were two rivers, the Guali and the La-gunilla . . . both were flooded with melted snow. It didn't really seem like water, but masses of ash and soil, with such a pestilent odor of sulfur that it couldn't be tolerated even from afar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volcano: In the Belly of the Beast: Scientists know what makes a volcano blow but still cannot say when | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...strong sewage odor was reported near the forum and bathrooms of the first floor hallway in the Littauer Center of the Kennedy School of Government. A plumber was dispatched to fill all visible traps and floor drains with water...

Author: By William L. Jusino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Maintenance Log | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

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