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...food experts sniff a change in the air. The series of recent high-visibility incidents of E. coli poisoning has heightened public concerns about contaminated beef--and inspired food producers to experiment with such alternative sterilization techniques as steam pasteurization of beef carcasses and exposure of food to ozone, a highly reactive form of oxygen. Yet while these methods are cheaper and do not require the handling of radioactive material or disposal of nuclear wastes, they fail a critical test. Aside from cooking, only irradiation is penetrating enough, say the experts, to come close to meeting new federal guidelines mandating...
...things that set Iovine and Field apart make them a formidable business duo. Iovine's nose for the unconventional enables him to sniff out promising bands before anyone else. "I don't care if it's eight donkeys in a row playing harmonicas," he says. "If they all look great and sound great, I'll sign...
Currently, chickens are sprayed with chlorine and quick-chilled to retard bacteria. Inspectors touch, sniff and sometimes test animal carcasses for contamination. Another method, in which bacteria are killed with zaps of radiation, has proved too controversial for widespread use in this country...
What is the ultimate prize in the current campaign finance investigations? Answer: Al Gore's head. More than anything else, Fred Thompson & Co. would dearly love to catch the Veep red-handed in some hard-money misdeed. But no matter how hard they sniff, the trail always seems to run cold at Gore's door...
...Even to sniff on this line would involve breaking into a manhole or climbing telephone poles," said Rick Osterberg '96, HASCS's coordinator of residential support. 'Sniffing' allows hackers to view the information travelling on a network line...