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Most notably, on Sept. 18, hours before Nelson Mandela was to receive an honorary law degree in Tercentenary Theatre, a faint odor was detected by passers-by near Memorial Hall...
Mark Maccio of 448 Eastern Ave, Chelsea, was arrested on Sept. 20 at 10:30 a.m. after officers observed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the bench they were sitting at. When the officers returned, the defendant and his companion had fled, and when they were found and a stop was made and they were arrested. Maccio had a tin with heroin and a hypodermic syringe inside...
...dreary as the Pacific Northwest coast around which his tales are spun, Byers' short stories inventively explore the domains of psychology and interpersonal relationships through the minds of his chief actors. The briny odor of Seattle air clings damply to the pages of the book, with Byers' distinct imagery painting vivid arenas for his divorced women, widowed men and pubescent and imaginative children to perform...
...similar tale seemed to unfold in Jones' home in Lexington, Ky. When police tried to serve a warrant from a 15-year-old weapons conviction on her husband Bob Jones, he barricaded the couple inside their house and threatened that they would kill themselves. Three hours later, after the odor of natural gas filled the street, police, fearing an explosion, rushed the front door. They reached the 48-year-old author safely, but Bob, 51, killed himself by grabbing a butcher knife and plunging it into his throat...
...Kill a Mockingbird, Duvall has given more than their due to some indelible movie creatures. The names Frank Burns (MASH), Tom Hagen (The Godfather), Lieut. Colonel Kilgore (Apocalypse Now), Bull Meechum (The Great Santini), Mac Sledge (Tender Mercies) and Gus McCrae (Lonesome Dove) summon sharp, overlapping impressions. The odor of anachronism hangs on most of these characters; they are uneasy with and suspicious of the modern world. While everyone else has gone slack and disorderly, they mulishly hew to an old or private code they dare not question. They alone remain semper...