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...college, I was known for one skill: being able to tell what was for dinner in the Union from the middle of the Yard. I could discern the faint differences between the aroma of the scorched oil they used to cook fried chicken and the slightly pungent, greasy scent of spicy waffle fries. You could never get Hamburger Extravaganza past...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: And Now, A Message From Our Sponsor... | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...nostalgic and whimsical touches too, like Elvis Presley's bass from Heartbreak Hotel, the Mellotron from Strawberry Fields Forever and a Megaroids video game. Next to the studio is a cozy kitchen featuring a spread of Linda's veggie foods. Upstairs is a retreat for writing amid the scent of fresh flowers and patchouli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul At Fifty: PAUL MCCARTNEY | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Funny, I never seemed to mind these technical difficulties. (And just how does sugar eat into baseball cards, anyway?) It was a small price to pay for a defining scent, an aroma that conferred respectability and did for decades of schoolchildren what Chanel No. 5 did for Marilyn Monroe...

Author: By Eric R. Columbus, | Title: It's Just Not in the Cards | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...Mickey Mantle is another person's Bill Buckner, and the thrilling smells of my youth proved anathema to a crucial segment of the baseball card market: professional card dealers. To his credit, Boyle confessed as much. And it's sad. The little kid is deprived of his soul-soothing scent so the big bad capitalist can protect his investment. Ain't that America...

Author: By Eric R. Columbus, | Title: It's Just Not in the Cards | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...major airlines could regain full control of airfares -- and might then be free to raise them. "This is the nightmare that the marginal carriers didn't want to see happen," says John Riener, president of commercial operations for Carlson Travel Network, the largest U.S. travel company. "There's the scent of a final kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fasten Your Seat Belts for The Fare War | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

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