Word: odorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marcel Andre Henri Felix Petiot is a tall, elegant man whose brown curly beard stretches from ear to ear. Seven months ago a peculiar odor coming from his Paris house attracted unwanted attention. Inside, police found the remains of 50 to 60 persons, bits of their clothing and jewelry. At first they could not find Dr. Petiot, but last fortnight they did. He was waiting for a subway in the Saint-Mande station. Dr. Petiot wore the uniform of an F.F.I captain...
...Odor of Sanctity. In Niagara Falls, Ont., the County Court demanded some new Bibles when a witness refused to kiss one, complained that it "smelled like a distillery...
Victorian clothes and manner exuded the odor of decay, and one felt that here in this cramped room filled with musty books and pamphlets we were witnessing the last stand of the embattled French literary and journalistic giants of the old tradition...
...divisional headquarters waiting to move up. But the attack was bogging down. I trudged over, to the hospital to see the wounded. Casualties had been heavy and hospital orderlies were working fitfully among the bloody, uncomplaining bodies. The smell of the old barn and the fetid, heavy odor of sickness was crushing. I asked the director where he got his medical training. He said, "I am self-taught. I joined the army medical service four years...
...compression, 90-octane gasoline engine that will save its owner from 20% to 25% of his fuel bill. Other dream-features: 1) better visibility, 2) pneumatic rubber springs, 3) photoelectric cells to dim lights automatically when other cars approach, 4) a rear-mounted engine for less noise, heat and odor...