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Word: smells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Certainly, we must count our blessings. But for years we've been told day in and day out that the year 2000 teems with consequence of all sorts: numerical, technological, theological. So when we wake up and smell the skim latte and discover that nothing has really changed other than the start of a new tax year and that meanwhile we're stuck with 500 cans of Bumble Bee chunk white and enough batteries to power that annoying bunny from New York City to Juneau and back, there are bound to be existential consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Doctor Y2K | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...olfactory organs crinkle at the smell of blood and liquor. A man, aged roughly 40, stumbles onto me at the 02139 post office, across from Cambridge City Hall; portions of his face and body are scraped and oozing, and his clothes are torn. Slurring his words, the new passenger says he just fell off his bike and asks to be taken the additional stop to the heart ofCentral Square. As he lunges into the front seat, the other riders recoil; one finally puts out a hand to keep him from falling off his seat. Despite the driver's offering...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Diary of a Bus | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...thought it was part of my dream. I didn't smell anything at all," Ibazebo said...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, | Title: Fire Erupts Over Burnt Smores | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

Other Weld residents did not express any concern about the alarm, but they did smell burnt marshmallows and came down to investigate...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, | Title: Fire Erupts Over Burnt Smores | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...most common reason for bad breath, though, is, to put it delicately, food molecules rotting in the mouth. Mouthwash masks the smell, but ultimately you have to get rid of the stuff. Brushing and flossing remove larger particles, but dentists suggest brushing the back of the tongue as well, where food residues and bacteria congregate. The microscopic bits that remain must be flushed down by drink or saliva (morning breath occurs because salivation shuts down at night). But if you're waiting for a true cure, it won't happen until we eat all our food in pill form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever Cure... | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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