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...hard times came, the Italians would be competing for their jobs. Besides, in times of danger when teamwork is essential, the Italians might not understand orders. The British miners had other objections. "The reasons are stupid," said one mine union official. "Some of our men say the Italians smell-they eat garlic. Others say that they are just ice-cream merchants. Some don't like the Italians because they don't speak our language...
...Minister of Lands, and Charles Robberts Swart, 58, Minister of Justice. Strydom, onetime Transvaal ostrich farmer, has one consuming ambition: to become the first president of an Afrikaner republic wh:ch is outside the British Commonwealth. "Britain," he says, "stands for equal rights for everyone, irrespective of color or smell." A rabid racialist, he runs thq National Party machine...
Dunster's kitchen is off the central system, but it doesn't make much difference so far as food is concerned. The food is certainly no worse than that of the other Houses, but it isn't any better. At times, furthermore, long waits for various courses smell suspiciously of inefficiency. Except for the protracted serving of coffee and toast at breakfast the dining hall loses down tightly tightly on the appointed hour...
...attempts to describe the bouquet. He may have to repeat the process a number of times before he can come out with a suitable adjective, such as flowery, chalky, flinty, sour, or maybe just plain grape. Although preferring imaginative words, the members try to avoid such phrases as "the smell of soldiers marching through Elysian fields...
...James H. Shaw, Chairman of the Harvard School Committee on Fluoride, said that its addition can not be detected by smell, taste, or color, and will not be harmful to the average healthy person. There is, however, a "calculated risk" that the fluoridation could be detrimental to sufferers from diabetes and certain kidney diseases, but the risk is very small compared to the good that can be done...