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...hazard, just a smell of gasoline from outside," said O'Donoghue...

Author: By Mohammed N. Khan, | Title: Hilles Evacuated After Gas Enters Ventilation | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

Temple said no one reported smelling gas later in the day. "The smell has dissipated and we haven't smelled any fumes," she said...

Author: By Mohammed N. Khan, | Title: Hilles Evacuated After Gas Enters Ventilation | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

...smell the difference between burnt vanilla and worn socks? If so, you might pass the test to get a new job with Japan's Environment Agency. It is recruiting human bloodhounds to sniff out sources of the foul odors that generate 10,000 complaints each year from the fastidious Japanese. Officials have used machines to track down smells, but these olfactometers are no substitute for the human nostril. "Measurement of offensive odors," says Manami Fujikura of the agency's special-pollution division, "needs expert , knowledge and technique." And a strong stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Job Stinks | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...shrewd cop attached to her department reports his progress in tracking down the killer, who of course is Lily herself. Will he turn her in? Not before he chews some scenery: "I am the law. Not the judges on their high benches too far from it to even smell it. I'm the one who gets shot at. The one who has to inhale the rotting flesh of the society we live in . . . There is a god, lady, and he lives down here in the gutter with the likes of me." Right, Officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burden Of Turow | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

From Rose to Peach, there were 16 end-of-season bowl games last week, but even that wasn't enough to cover up the smell of something rotten in college football this year. In August, Miami Hurricanes team members were charged with defrauding the government out of scholarship money. In November, Washington Huskies players were accused of selling guns and pocketing improper loans. But in the end there was some good football. Fans were treated to a true championship when second-ranked Alabama whipped No. 1 Miami 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Than a Game | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

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