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...brought up short again when an irate citizen asked how long a nearby rubbish dump was going to be permitted to burn. The city manager, who lost his sense of smell apparently as the result of a sinus infection ten years ago, did not realize that the stink penetrated even into the auditorium. When he said: "It isn't burning-the city is operating a wet dump," new hoots of laughter arose. He looked startled again, jotted down a changed opinion of how the dump smelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAINE: Skirmish on Munjoy Hill | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...season, the handful of high ceilinged rooms in the Medical School which serve as laboratories are filled with strange and varied odors. "You can never tell what you'll smell in here," explains Dr. Ford. "Sometimes people send us bones that still have a little meat clinging to them. And in the summertime that gets really fragrant. During the rest of the year, it could be anything...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Department of Legal Medicine Uses Dandruff, Pieces of Skin and Old Bones to Catch Killers | 10/10/1951 | See Source »

...like de corn, she smell like de new grass She dance like de tree, she shake like de new leaves

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blithe Spirit | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...postwar ebb. Nevertheless, at Chicago's Harbor Light on Skid Row, the Salvation Army began passing out overcoats, and drunks were jackrolled in the gutters for their clothes. The first leaves fell from the poplars and scuttered across the sidewalks. In the suburbs, there was the smell of burning leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Stain In the Air | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...from the hospital to a restaurant, where she met none other than Tom Neal. Next night a Hollywood newspaperman kept vigil outside Barbara's house. He was amply rewarded. At 12:30 a.m. she drove up in a convertible with Neal. Soon the sound of cooing and the smell of frying bacon floated out from Barbara's kitchen. At 2 a.m. Barbara and Neal reappeared and whirled off in a yellow convertible that looked something like Franchot Tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Still Pursuing It | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

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