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Still, conspiracy theories abounded. Check the grassy knoll behind the picket fence for footprints--or at least sniff for that crucial whiff of ozone in the Book Depository...
...this any place to drill for oil? the temperature plunges to -40F in winter, then soars to 120F in summer, when swarms of mosquitoes make life even more unbearable. On top of that, workers must wear gas masks and carry oxygen packs, since just a whiff of the invisible hydrosulfide gas that seeps from the ground can cause instant death. "In winter it is difficult to motivate anyone to work," says Larry Barthold, general manager of the joint venture that U.S. oil giant Chevron and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan have formed to tap the wealth that lies...
...nothing personal. I am, after all, the daughter of a Social Studies concentrator and a Gov jock. My sister concentrates in Women's Studies, surely one of the most theory-ridden fields at Harvard. But I tend to break out in hives at the merest whiff of theory. The word "epistemological" is enough to make me leave the room...
...have the ability to repair damage to their DNA. Can cells fix tobacco-induced changes, and at what level of pollution does the repair mechanism become overwhelmed? The agency regarded all smoke exposure as dangerous and the effects as cumulative. EPA scientists admit that the danger of getting a whiff of tobacco at the baseball stadium is generally not the same as driving in an enclosed car with a chain smoker. "I'd expect the ballpark risk to be minimal," concedes a researcher...
...Sean," he said as I took a whiff and realized we were both wearing Brut. "You're getting older. You're growing up into a solid young man, and you'll probably be getting married soon (I cringed). I know the world is changing, but there is one piece of advice I want to give you. Whatever you do, wherever you go, whoever you marry, never, ever let anyone--no matter how pretty she is--make you into a figure skating...