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Public authorities two weeks ago asserted that the stench would be gone in time for the Head. At that time, Leanne DelVecchio, a representative for the Metropolitan District Commission, speculated that the smell had been caused by a sewer cleaning effort by the Cambridge Department of Public Works...
...have violated no rule and certainly violated no commonly accepted ethical standard," said Speaker of the House Jim Wright in defense of his shady book deal and questionable lobbying. Wright may well be correct in his assessment, which is precisely the problem on Capitol Hill. The stench of money hangs heavy over the place these days. Despite specific rules aimed at curbing financial abuses, any sharp-eyed Congressman knows how to get around them. Free vacations and meals, overstuffed campaign chests and large fees for giving speeches or sometimes for just showing up at an event are routine. Kinsley...
...House of the Dead to Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago and now Natan Sharansky's Fear No Evil, they reveal a world of unrelenting human degradation: the bestiality of the jailers, the dog-eat-dog struggle among the prisoners, the treachery of the informers. Each account evokes the stench, the rattle of fetters, the heart-stopping cold, the killing hard labor. Still, each author used different stratagems to survive, to prevail as a human being and, ultimately, to bear witness...
...impressed. As Martin tells it, "I'm living with a bagman" was the first thought to cross his mind as he saw the groggy, half-dressed Salovaara stumble into the common room to meet Martin and his parents. The impression was reinforced when he realized that the stench of his roommate's clothes permeated the suite...
Since then, across the state line, the pollution has provoked indignation that sometimes seems as rank as the river itself. On the Tennessee side, people complain that the river's repugnant color and stench contribute to Cocke County's prolonged economic doldrums by discouraging tourists and development. With an unemployment rate currently averaging 15%, Cocke Countians openly envy the relative prosperity in Haywood County, home of the paper mill (present unemployment average: 6%). Says Cocke County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Robert Seay, co-founder of the Dead Pigeon River Council, which wants to clean up the stink...