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...Smell of Money. That kind of nothing-to-it optimism is characteristic of Houston. It strikes newcomers even more vividly than the heat or the building boom. "I like the aura of optimism everybody has here," says a new arrival. "Everybody thinks he can do the job that's put to him, and he goes about it in a happy manner." In other cities, citizens sniff foul air and worry about pollution; in Houston, they savor the pungent odor that wafts from the refineries and chemical plants and cheerfully call it "the smell of money...
...sewage system has caused similar problems in the past, but Gates said that the smell has never been so strong or lasted so long as it did this winter. Since "it takes a peculiar set of atmospheric conditions" to create such a situation, Gates added that he would be very surprised if the quad smells as bad next year...
...just turned 21 and has far larger ambitions. "I'm gonna drive down Walnut Street in a Caddy on Derby Day." he says, "and all the people will point and say, 'There goes Cassius Clay.' Pretty girls will be there, and I'll smell the flowers and feel the nice warm night air. Oh, I'm cool then, man. I'm cool. The girls are looking at me, and I'm looking away...
...CRIMSON, concerned for some time about the alarmingly unpleasant smell which has hovered over Tercentenary Theatre (the New Yard) for the past month, has now received the following unsettling communication from a State Inspector of Lawns...
...smell of gold dust has swelled the ranks of beltmakers from eight only seven years ago to some 84 today and, as usual, the shoddy operators have appeared on the scene. One maker boasts that his belts will withstand 6,000 Ibs.' pressure, when in fact tests have shown that they snap in a 15-m.p.h. collision. To counteract such fraud, 32 leading firms have joined the American Seat Belt Council, which certifies that their belts will take a minimum 4,000 Ibs.' sudden pressure. Detroit has so far played it safe by ordering from such well-established...