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...mainly aimed at reviving our animal spirits. We'll know, when the history of the Great Recession is written, whether this summer brought the turning point, when we crept out of our little boxes, felt a hunger for the open road, our spirits drunk on the smell of vinyl and the feel of the wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cash for Clunkers: The Bribery Stimulus | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...early returns from Afghanistan's presidential election had the smell of a decorous massage job. With 10% of districts reporting, the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, the former Foreign Minister, were tied, with about 40% each. But few of those votes came from Karzai's Pashtun strongholds in the south, where turnout was light - owing to Taliban threats - but heavily managed. "It's not exactly one man, one vote out in the rural areas," a Western diplomat told me. "The tribal leader gathers everyone together and says, 'We're voting for Candidate X.'" In some cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Next Move in Afghanistan | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...your fastball. They're excellent bed warmers, and small fingers can untie hopeless knots. They remind you to be brave and trusting, and that few things worth accomplishing are ever achieved without making a mess first. They often say better prayers than you could ever think to. They smell really good, at least when they're clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising a Child Costs Some $221,000, Before College | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Cabot Library: 1. The purple-curtained science library, located in the Science Center. 2. A second home for anal pre-meds. 3. An interesting smell, thanks to its long history of all-night hours during reading period...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Environmental Impact: Waste A 1,000-head feedlot produces up to 280 tons of manure a week, and the smell can be powerful. All that feed corn requires millions of tons of fertilizer and, ultimately, a lot of petroleum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food | 8/21/2009 | See Source »

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