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LEON: Dead Ducks The odor of death hangs over the artificial lake near this Mexican industrial city where 25,000 migrating waterfowl have died since mid- December. Water samples from the Silva Reservoir show high concentrations of the pesticide endosulfan, though local farmers and tanneries in the area deny using the chemical. As officials search for clues, the National Water Commission patrols the reservoir in a boat equipped with a siren, and volunteers set off fireworks to scare waterfowl away. Though the water has been declared dangerous for use in homes and in some kinds of agriculture, farmers continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TALK OF THE STREETS | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...knew the tiling on the ceiling was in bad shape and I knew they pumped sewage through pipes which passed through the room which often caused a lot of odor," Galletti says, "but asbestos never appeared to be a problem...

Author: By Tazeen Ahmad, | Title: College Closes Union Game Room | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...with the Simpson proceedings, a circus odor envelops the grand jury examining Cowlings' connection to the O.J. affair. Last week a man named John Dunton was jailed for refusing to testify. Dunton, who had earlier gone on television claiming that two men killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman and that a private eye hired to follow Nicole witnessed the murders, now said he would be killed if he talked. Anthony Pellicano, the private investigator who worked for Michael Jackson amid the pop star's tangle with child-abuse allegations, then emerged to deny that he was the private eye Dunton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Circus | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...White House lawn, three fire trucks raced to the mansion early this afternoon to investigate smoke in the West Wing, safely away from the room where President Clinton was meeting with exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Verdict: "A light fixture shorted out, and there was a strong odor," said press secretary Dee Dee Myers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHECK THE PLUMBING, BILL | 9/16/1994 | See Source »

...DeWolfe residents said they were disturbed by the paint's odor...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: DeWolfers Feel Effects of Rushed Paint Job | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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