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Word: scent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even closer when she discovered they enjoy being tickled. Such proximity yielded intimate details. Individual animals can readily be identified by their noses; no two have the same shape. Silver backs exude two distinct odors. One smells like a human locker room. The other, a pungent fear scent, is released by glands in the armpit. From the author's descriptions, family life resembles a picnic on the grass. Hulks shamble off to nibble vegetation or lie about contemplating their toes. "Naoom, naoom" is the low, belching sound of a contented gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Under the Volcanoes | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...still, humid air of a capital without much news, reporters sniffed the sweet scent of skulduggery. At first a novelty item, the story grew into a revelation and took on a vitality almost irrespective of its merits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: There You Go Again | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

...priced as high as $125, will include a choice of ceramic camouflage (cats, clowns and art deco birds) designed by Giorgio Sant'Angelo. To improve the smell of the surroundings, one inserts a "fragrance record" into the machine. The company will not divulge its proprietary technology, but the scent is released when the oil-filled discs are warmed slightly in the machine. The discs will come in both long-playing versions that put out the same odor for five hours (price: $4) and olfactory 45s that play for an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reminiscents | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...company's nose experts have created something for just about everyone. Families may enjoy spending a rainy afternoon at home with a hint of Tailgate Lunch in the air. Hypochondriacs will be able to relax to Medi-Scent. And for that day when you just want to sit there and smell nothing, there is a record titled Neutral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reminiscents | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Mary, the pretty young woman with whom he is chastely sharing the old family mansion - the one just above and beyond the old family motel of blessedly spooky memory. What is the secret of her success in eliciting a near-normal sexual response out of Norman? A new Parisian scent? A wristlet of wild flowers? A walk in the spring rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Good Joke | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

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