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Tidbits of such an odor would have caused gasps if they had been mentioned in private chats not long ago, or full-blown scandals if they had appeared in print. Today nobody bothers to lift an eyebrow at the seamiest intimate tale, not even when it is about the life of a President. The reason is plain: tidings of intimate goings-on have become as common as junk food in the U.S. In fact, the country has developed what looks like an enduring bull market in personal secrets...
...antifreeze and a versatile solvent for a broad spectrum of chemicals. But scientists were startled to find it also had a remarkable capacity to penetrate skin and tissues and enter the bloodstream; its only apparent side effects were an oysterlike taste in the mouth and a garlicky breath odor...
...properties. Drugs are usually evaluated in what are known as double-blind, controlled experiments in which patients receive either the test substance or a placebo. To ensure objectivity, neither the patients nor the doctors know who got what until after the study is over. But the distinctive taste and odor of DMSO leave no doubt about which patients have received the real drug...
Inabeth Miller, a librarian at Gutman, ordered the evacuation of the building on Tuesday. "The fumes had been building up for days--it was a very noxious odor--and I wanted to make sure that nothing serious happened," she said...
...marriages were crumbling like mummies exposed to the air; Jacks were breaking their crowns and Jills stopped tumbling after. The Women's Room certainly contributed to the body count. Its views were stated with unnerving energy and conviction; the prose was tight; the suburban settings had the authentic odor of nylon pile, and the characters were quivering chunks torn from the author's own life. Her soul on ice, Marilyn French sounded like a feminist Eldridge Cleaver...