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...film's more touching moments (which isn't saying much), we are shown vague, blurry flashbacks of Carey's parentless childhood. His father abandoned him and his mother left him nightly to pick up men in sleazy bars, leaving the TV as his only guidance. Sniff sniff...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Jim Carey Should Be Unplugged | 6/25/1996 | See Source »

...test-sniff report: though it is relaxing to smell "brine" while virtual scuba diving, the cybertrees in the "forest" begin to hint of Pine-Sol after a few minutes, and a flight though the "atmosphere" leaves a trace of burning tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Apr. 29, 1996 | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

Most of the search must be conducted on the ground. Minivans are rented at the local airport, the backseats removed and replaced with electronic detectors that can sniff the neutrons and gamma radiation a nuclear device might emit. The vans, however, are only good for use in large open areas like parking lots and highways. To search narrow streets and buildings, as many as 100 two-person teams, dressed as inconspicuously as possible, are sent on foot patrols. One team member carries a special radiation detector designed to be hidden in briefcases, student backpacks, laptop computer bags--even beer coolers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUCLEAR NINJAS | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

Walking down the corridors, Becky and her male partner looked like the typical tourist couple on vacation, dressed in Bermuda shorts and T shirts, cameras slung over their necks. But hidden in Becky's suitcase was a sophisticated sodium iodide crystal detector to sniff minute amounts of gamma radiation from as far away as another room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUCLEAR NINJAS | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...education programs are included, Indian budget cuts will average just 8%. Gorton also maintains that Indian self-support may be well under way through activities such as "mining, fishing and gambling." Reminded that most tribes claimed to be not yet enriched through those avenues, he gives a disbelieving sniff. "Ah, they are people who have income," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURY MY HEART IN COMMITTEE | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

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