Word: scent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reward total thinking, the welding of reader with book, the stopping of time in darkroom or laboratory. But only in the rarest of situations is such focus wholly safe. Always a scrap of mindfulness must caress the environment, noting perhaps the softly closing door, the far-off squeak, the scent of perfume or smoke or fear, the look crossing someone's eyes. Full and undivided attention encourages all sorts of surprise, sometimes grisly, and some surprise originates within gates, among colleagues, even among friends about to become strangers...
Luckily, for the fume-afflicted, there is hope in some preventative over-the-counter drugstore remedies. Everyone's favorite medical professional, Dr. Scholl's, has a massive stake in the market. With his baby powder scent Odor Destroyers sole inserts ($3.69), users can trim the one-size-fits-all slab of scented cushion to fit the bottom of any shoe. No lefty scissors handy? Realize that these pads might flip and flap away with flip-flops? Coat the inside of your shoe with the Doctor's Shoe Shot deodorant powder ($6.99), featuring a Toilet-Duckstyle neck and Zinoxol, "an advanced...
...reward total thinking, the welding of reader with book, the stopping of time in darkroom or laboratory. But only in the rarest of situations is such focus wholly safe. Always a scrap of mindfulness must caress the environment, noting perhaps the softly closing door, the far-off squeak, the scent of perfume or smoke or fear, the look crossing someone's eyes. Full and undivided attention encourages all sorts of surprise, sometimes grisly, and some surprise originates within gates, among colleagues, even among friends about to become strangers...
...action began in earnest in the second. What looked like a long day at the start of the stanza had the sweet scent of a pleasant surprise...
...free from oppressive communist regimes for the first time in generations poured into Berlin. Citizens of Hungary, Romania and other Eastern European countries fled to West Germany, while many West Germans took advantage of their opportunity to travel in East Germany again. Fritz writers that "Everywhere, everyone caught a scent of something--prosperity, pop culture, maybe--and went a little loony," Romanian Gypsies came to Berlin mostly in dire straits but left their theft and abuse of humanitarian aid alienated many from assisting their migration. Romanians continuously begged for clothing and go sell it on the street, stole whatever they...