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...Colonel smiled. He looked around him at Huntington Avenue and tapped his cane on the ground. In the night air you could smell a bit of the sea from the Harbor...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Chivalry | 8/4/1981 | See Source »

...ground, the other two-had come ripping down amid a crowd of 1,500 dancers. As the debris cascaded to the floor, broken glass flew like shrapnel. Nor did the chaos end with the horrifying collapse. Water from broken pipes gushed out over the bodies and rubble, and the smell of escaping natural gas wafted through the vaulting half-acre hotel lobby, adding to the fears of fire and explosion. "People kept screaming names, all sorts of names, trying to find a friend or a wife or a son," recounted Kansas City Star Sportswriter Mike McKenzie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Night the Sky Bridges Fell | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...November 1980, residents of the Denver suburb of Northglenn began noticing the pungent smell of gasoline throughout their homes. Explosions began lifting 200-lb. manhole covers off the ground. An investigation showed that the gas had leaked from the underground tanks of a nearby Chevron service station and found its way into the water table as well as sewer lines serving six residential blocks. Forty-one families in the area, which residents dubbed "Gasoline Alley," sued Chevron for damages. Last week the oil company settled out of court for what could amount to a record $6 million -about three times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Briefs: Jul. 27, 1981 | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...prohibited the U.S. from providing money or materials to foreign countries for paraquat spraying. House and Senate committees recently voted to repeal that restriction, although the Senate version requires that a "marker" be added to the herbicide so that potential smokers can recognize contaminated marijuana by sight or smell. No such traceable substance has yet been developed, but funds to promote spraying programs may be authorized anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinforcements in the Drug War | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

...dark now, and not many people are left around, so I wander the streets and reflect. Amigoland is absolutely deserted, the Mini-Mex golf course dark as night. So this is America, very imaginative, very progressive, and very wealthy. A little grease and pavement, but there's the sweet smell of exhaust in the air and fun all around. Sombrero towers; steak rooms; fireworks; mini gold; barrooms; postcards; ice cream; swimming pools. I feel at home here, comfortable...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: 18 Hours South of the Border | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

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