Word: odorous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest of the old establishments, largely porn emporiums and small shops selling cheap consumer goods, have been evicted. Gone too is the sick-sweet odor of mildew and disinfectant that used to permeate the block, a calling card for its unwholesome diversions. If all goes according to plan, their place will be taken by, among many other things, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts (a new megatheater for musicals combining two of the street's original stages), vast multiplex movie theaters and more tourist lures like Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum...
...rescuing it from its second-class status as women's work. And his timing is impeccable. As politics declines ever further, he has taken on the task of revitalizing civic life, which if successful will only raise the clamor for him to salvage politics as well. Perhaps the odor will get so bad that the presidency will be virtually handed to him, a four-star general of his own all-volunteer army...
...reason the Girl Scouts of America don't make money on sales of their cookies [BUSINESS, Feb. 3] is poor labeling, poor packaging and cheap, cheap, cheap ingredients. Flavor, odor and taste are missing. Pigeons and sparrows won't eat Girl Scout cookies when you throw them out in the yard. If the manufacturer were given the money to produce an attractive package with top-quality cookies, the Girl Scouts wouldn't be able to keep up with the orders. Stop living in a dream world, girls. RONALD C. NEETZ Chesterton, Indiana...
Three other students said they remarked that day on a strong odor of marijuana in the third-floor hall...
...odor was intense, like paper or wood burning," Wall said. "The smell had really permeated the building...