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...Driving west from Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan's main city, you catch the smell almost immediately. Baking in the midday sun, marijuana bushes the size of a man give off the same dank stench that permeates hip parties from New York City to New South Wales. For the decade before the Soviet army invaded in 1979, the teahouses of Afghanistan were the toking tourist's hangout of choice. And even during 23 years of war, when the Afghans fought the Soviets and then one another, the hash trade thrived. "Afghan black" remained a staple sale for cannabis dealers across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wasted: the Drought That Drugs Made | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...springs aren't particularly scenic, but they are easy to find. Follow the stench of sulfur to a mud-encrusted plateau in the southwest corner of Japan's oldest natural park, Unzen. There, boardwalks loop through clouds of steam and around the three springs. A tangle of steel pipes directs the water to hotels and resorts in the nearby towns of Unzen and Obama, the destinations of choice for Japan's honeymooners, the elderly seeking respite from their rheumatism and anyone preferring a soak to a hike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...vividly recalled a town enveloped by a stench “you could almost taste” from the odor of bodies still being buried in a mass grave...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer School Teacher Authors Genocide Trial Process | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...CONTRITION] [Strong stench] Winnick has said zip about unloading so much company stock. Major construction continued at his Bel Air, Calif., estate even as the firm struggled through bankruptcy proceedings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Greed: Heroes to Heels | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...CONTRITION] [Strong stench] The elder Rigas hasn't gone public but reportedly wept in front of creditors after agreeing to relinquish control of his company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Greed: Heroes to Heels | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

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