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...retains its license to install single copies of software, which means that lab computers will still have the latest programs. Time to break out your 31/2 floppies and head on over to the House computer lab, usually the dankest, darkest and coldest part of the building. Tolerate the odd smell just long enough to surmise that half the PCs are dead and the printer is out of paper...
...license to install single copies of software, which means that lab computers will still have the latest programs. Time to break out your 3 1/2 floppies and head on over to the House computer lab, usually the dankest, darkest and coldest part of the building. Tolerate the odd smell just long enough to surmise that half the PCs are dead and the printer is out of paper...
...grandchildren, all wearing crimson, most of them waving banners, giving forth the unforgettable scents of a great Eastern football classic-odor of healthy flesh nipped by late November chill, perfume of flowers, perfume of perfume, perfume of feminine hair, sharp tang of Egyptian cigarette fumes, clean breath of bourbon, smell of furs--chanting roar of cheers, of thousands of male voices raised in enthralled song, shrill feminine screams of sheer ecstasy...
Calvin Trillin's commentary "Eau d'Odor," about the French and their attitude toward personal hygiene and body odor [NOTEBOOK, Feb. 15], made me think of the anecdote about Samuel Johnson, who was more fastidious about his language than his hygiene. "Mr. Johnson, you smell," said his female companion. "No, madam," he replied. "You smell, I stink." TOM MACKIN Bedminster...
Buck, who has been studying the sense of smell for 10 years, has discovered that each scenting cell, or neuron, has only one type of receptor. Each receptor type is found on about 5,000 neurons in a human nose, she said...