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Word: smell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must have laughed, because they all glared at me. But later, walking home in the almost dark, with the sweet-sharp smell of burning leaves in the air, I got to thinking what a hard job you've taken on. "My people aren't paradise people," you say. You imagine them arriving in heaven and somebody saying "No, thank you, we can't stay for eternity, we'll just sit and have a few minutes of bliss with you and then we have to get back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just A Few Minutes of Bliss LEAVING HOME | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...like museums, can't take it for very long," he says. "They smell funny when...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Friendly Artist Makes Cambridge His Galllery | 10/21/1987 | See Source »

...view of environmental damage at sea. "The problem becomes vivid when you sail into an oil slick and have to spend several days cleaning up the boat." The impact of man-made substances on weather shifts is much harder to detect. "You can't see it, touch it or smell it," says Hoyle. "That is precisely what makes the scientific discovery process so important." And precisely what makes this week's cover story such a good detective yarn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Oct. 19, 1987 | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...smell of hot sausage and the sight of performers in traditional German garb were just two of the many attractions found yesterday at the ninth annual Harvard Square Oktoberfest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oktoberfest Sparkles in Square | 10/13/1987 | See Source »

While comedies experiment a bit, crime dramas this season have the smell of used goods. Among veteran performers starring in new series are William Conrad as a wily district attorney in Jake and the Fatman, Paul Sorvino as a police- department p.r. man who returns to the streets in The Oldest Rookie, Jerry Orbach as a private eye in The Law and Harry McGraw, and Dale Robertson as a crime-solving Texas billionaire in J.J. Starbuck. Only Robertson seems to be truly enjoying the work. NBC's Private Eye, created by Anthony Yerkovich (Miami Vice), is hipper but not much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Yup, Yup and Away! | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

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