Word: smelling
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...smell of smoke and the interruption of subway service caused a crowd to gather outside the Central Square station. Several MBTA and Cambridge police cars remained outside the smoke-filled station, along with fire trucks, ambulances and MBTA emergency repair vehicles, which blocked traffic for about half an hour...
...women who study all week in the single-sex environment of Wellesley College--where the nearby Coffee Connection closes at 8:30 p.m. on Friday nights--the bus represents the only means of escape. With its leaky windows, pervasive smell of car exhaust, and "fuck truck" image, the bus is a frustrating but necessary ordeal that women must endure during the four years they attend school if they want to leave campus, according to passengers...
...students start lining up at 8:40 p.m. for the 9 p.m. bus. Standing 12 feet away, the smell of perfume fills the air. The clothes the women wear seem like nightime versions of the ones worn by the earlier bus passengers. Above-the-knees skirts have taken the place of cotton-slacks, and silver evening bags now hang where functional purses did earlier in the day. As they get on the bus, their high heeled shoes tap against the metal stairs...
They all crowd in; no one has to stand up yet. Once again, there is a strong smell of the mixing perfumes and hairsprays. These women do not seem to be coming from a party, instead they are talking about their nights in Boston. "Oh, I did the usual, dinner and a movie," one says...
...once reserved for Cheez Whiz -- a product, incidentally, that is undergoing a dramatic resurrection because it is so gooily microwavable. Julia Child generously calls the microwave a "wonderful invention" before adding with a sniff, "I don't go in for it myself. I like regular cooking. I like to smell the food, poke it and look...