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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shock comes when Johnny Ramone breaks into a lead riff. It's not that spectacular--Jerry Garcia has nothing to fear yet--but it's there and it's not bad. The entire band has come a long way from their first albums, when songs like "I Want to Sniff Some Glue" sounded like the band had been playing music for about two weeks, which wasn...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: No Sleeping Pill | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

...students have been recruited for their snouts. For $1, they sniff a gauze-covered black jar containing either treated manure or the real thing straight from the pig. The odor is rated on a scale of one to ten, ten being malodorous enough to blow off your socks. No students are getting rich on the deal. Experts hold that the nose gets desensitized after too much exposure to such powerful smells. The daily limit: nine sniffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: The Nose Knows | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...dance floor and later in bed. Some people use it as a quick upper during the day. "I carry a bottle of it with me all the time," says Ron Braun, 28, a California carpenter. "If I'm bored and want a rush, I take a sniff. It's a short break during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rushing to a New High | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...death. Nine members of the UNIFIL force have died and 15 have been wounded by mines and in firefights. In the beginning, too many of the U.N. troops were unfamiliar with mines. Now they are becoming more savvy, and the Norwegians have brought in specially trained dogs that can sniff out the mines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: The Thin Blue Line | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...tough, and then this helped rally the stock market. Carter grinned, turned to others and said, "Bob has already learned what makes the stock market go up and down." Strauss is not sure he has learned that, but he thinks that like a good hunting dog he can sniff out inflation-even in a doctor's office. "If we can get the hospital-cost containment bill out of Congress, we can do some good," he declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: In the Fog, a Man Searching | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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