Word: scent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Characteristically, the new volume is an elaborate paperchase. Within it, the actual chess puzzles, witty and elegant, throw an intentionally false scent. Nabokov nudges the reader shamelessly with a list of virtues that characterize chess problems "and all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity." Clearly the reader is supposed to pursue these clues and come to the conclusion that Nabokov approaches art as a sterile, chesslike intricacy. It is, however, a good general rule (discernible in the only good novel ever written about chess, Nabokov's The Defense), that chess has no relation to anything...
With the Indians' help, Córdova-Rios quickly learned to move soundlessly through the underbrush, alert to the forest's early-warning system: the cries of startled birds, the fetid scent of the deadly fer-de-lance, the click-click of an enraged wild boar. Xumu, the old chief of the Amahuaca, also instructed him in jungle medicine. The stem of the paka nixpo plant, when chewed, prevented tooth decay for years; the extract of the ayahuasca vine was especially prized for producing visions that, Córdova-Rios says, actually enhance human intelligence. After many adventures...
...second look - not to mention a healthy sniff. Chances are that the lady is no longer mulched in mineral oil and petroleum jelly but gently steeped in camomile tea and elder-flower lotion. The bedroom air, once heady with hints of lye, is more likely flavored with the scent of fresh strawberries, lemons, grapefruit and peaches. For the natural-cosmetics industry, the fragrance is pleasingly identifiable: it is the sweet smell of success...
...safety battle with General Motors. The WAVES got a new chief, the eighth in their history, Commander Robin Quigley. The holiday season's first gift suggestion for the patriot who has everything was marketed by a California firm: the All-American candle that when burned gives off the scent of (Right on, Mom!) apple pie. Most normal, if not atavistic, of all, the Saturday Evening Post vowed to publish again for Middle America (see THE PRESS), complete with a Norman Rockwell painting on the first cover. Once the election clamor had died, Americans returned to the triumphs and disappointments...
...they have decided to make the best of Halloween in Cambridge. Their game bags contain Halloween costumes, one for each player. They ran into a little trouble at Logan, though, when FBI agents arrived with dogs to scent shaving cream. They reportedly made quite a haul. A closer investigation of the costumes followed, leading to the discovery of one Peter Pan, one Captain Hook, and 40 Tinker Belles. One of the Quakers apparently intended to masquerade as a football player...