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...Midland Park, N.J., 17 miles from Manhattan, most residents along the railroad tracks hated the smoke and soot. But William White, who was born in Midland Park in 1897, was an exception; he liked the smell of train smoke. As he grew up, he spent his Sundays sneaking along the Erie tracks, hopping rides. The neighbors were scandalized, but Billy thought of himself as a dedicated railroader. At 16, fresh out of high school, he got a job clerking for the Erie...
...methods accompanying it is good, or a necessary evil. Some maintain that its value lies in the more or less thorough acouring of the nation's schools to dig up talent that would in previous years have been left uncovered; others feel that the whole affair has a bad smell about it, but that Harvard must compete as fiercely as anyone else. One of the principal questions facing the administrator and the alumni committeeman as well is: Just what does "Balance in the College" mean...
...intellectuals get together to debate the grave problems of our world, at least one of them, in an effort to ennoble the discussion, will begin talking of the Good, the True . . . After having heard the term 'freedom of thought' mentioned for the 54th time, a stale smell gradually invades the room, an odor which reminds me of fried fish. Discussions about Freedom are bound to remain sterile, unless we take this word down from its high pedestal and place it on a more humble, concrete basis . . . the freedom to leave one's country, the freedom to listen...
...company's chimney. For months, nearby residents had been after an injunction against Enamelstrip as a public nuisance for the stench given off by its ovens (which bake enamel on to metal at 500° Fahrenheit). Judge Diefenderfer, after several judicious sniffs, said: "I can't smell a thing...
...Less Smell. As for potential uses, Houdry thinks that his new catalytic process can clear the industrial smog from U.S. cities, enable notorious offenders (e.g., New York City's Consolidated Edison Co., which generates electricity from coal) to make immense savings in fuel. Moreover, the oil industry, which has to burn oil to generate the heat needed to refine petroleum, also can make big savings. Houdry estimates that a petroleum cat-cracking unit could save $320,000 a year in fuel by installing 12,000 of his units. Joseph N. Pew's Sun Oil Co., one of Houdry...