Word: sniff
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...Herb Ritts photo uses that old crossed-leg trick again. The real reason behind the debut of these bare boys isn't artistic, of course. It's pure shock value, a naked play for controversy. But it could be worse. At least there is no scratch 'n' sniff. - By Lauren Goldstein ENVIRONMENT Production Line Homes Bricks and mortar are so 20th century - why not assemble entire homes in a factory and slot them together onsite? That's what affordable housing provider Peabody Trust is doing at Raines Dairy in North London. The block of apartments and live/work units is quicker...
...Monk the series. Monk, played by Tony Shalhoub, is a brilliant detective with a few quirks: after his wife was murdered, he developed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Now he's germ phobic and afraid of heights--and milk. He can ID a criminal with little more than a sniff of the curtains at a murder scene, but put him near a couch with a crooked pillow, and he can't function until he straightens it. Because of his condition, he was fired from the San Francisco police force. Yet when a tough case comes up, his former colleagues keep calling...
...risk is that Ford could sully the cachet of its luxury vehicles. Says Prudential Securities analyst Michael Bruynesteyn: "If you leverage platforms and components, it has to be done in a way consumers don't notice." Already purists sniff that Jaguar's S-Type shares so many parts with the Lincoln LS and Ford Thunderbird that it is a Ford alley cat in a Jaguar's skin...
Like Pinocchio's when he lies, big Brother's nose grows ever longer - the better, seemingly, to sniff out terrorism and other serious crimes across Europe. In response to pleas by law- enforcement agencies and - particularly since Sept. 11 - the U.S. government, European legislatures have approved greater snooping powers. As the trend continues, however, there is growing concern among civil libertarians, politicians and others about the degree to which such laws are necessary, practical or consistent with fundamental human-rights guarantees. Alarm bells began to sound in late May when the European Parliament amended the E.U.'s telecommunications framework legislation...
...rodents that navigate complex terrain at the will of controllers who are more than 500 yards away. Wearing tiny backpacks equipped with radio transmitters and miniature TV cameras, the rats could someday be sent into a collapsed building to find survivors, say the scientists, or into a minefield to sniff out danger or off on a spy mission...