Word: pungents
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...Sticky Fingers (1971), this effort marked what may have been the peak of the band's career. Defying those who would have buried them under the memories of Altamont, the Stones reached new levels of vengeful, stripped down musical power. The sex described on Sticky Fingers was somehow more pungent than before, the cynicism even more bitter. Exile had more of the same dripping decadence--the talk was of getting laid, getting wasted, and getting by, as it always has been, but a new theme of incongruity crept into the Jagger-Richards songs. Men born before the end of World...
...enormous logjam of talented actors out there," Kasdan says, "and precious few of them have good parts to chew on." Body Heat is full of meaty characters and pungent performances-Ted Danson as a tap-dancing prosecutor, J.A. Preston as a dogged detective, and especially Mickey Rourke as a savvy young ex-con who looks and acts as if he could be Ned's sleazier twin brother. Kathleen Turner's Matty mixes come-hither looks with a sultry, baritone voice. This is a creature of fire and ice, with no intermediate shadings of warmth or aloofness. Thanks largely...
...November 1980, residents of the Denver suburb of Northglenn began noticing the pungent smell of gasoline throughout their homes. Explosions began lifting 200-lb. manhole covers off the ground. An investigation showed that the gas had leaked from the underground tanks of a nearby Chevron service station and found its way into the water table as well as sewer lines serving six residential blocks. Forty-one families in the area, which residents dubbed "Gasoline Alley," sued Chevron for damages. Last week the oil company settled out of court for what could amount to a record $6 million -about three times...
...arms, and payment was eventual poverty and emotional problems. In the ring, the Brown Bomber was an impassive menace who revealed neither hatred nor benevolence. But from the first time he fought until his death last week of a heart attack at 66, he remained a victim of the pungent, half-lit world of the fight game...
...substance stirring the most concern-and the apparent source of the California woman's illness-is formaldehyde, a gas given off by, among other things, poorly installed foam insulation. Although colorless, the gas has a pungent odor, can irritate the eyes and nose and can cause dizziness and vomiting. If animal tests are any indication, it can also create more serious problems. Subjected to prolonged high concentrations of formaldehyde, at levels comparable to those in some buildings, rats and mice developed cancerous tumors in their noses...