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I knew the soup had a whiff of controversy around it, but I hadn't yet formed a personal policy, so I gave it a try.

The whiff of racism is all the more disturbing because in most other respects Australia seems rather free of xenophobia.

So it was with education in mind -- education with a whiff of indoctrination -- that I wanted them to see a woman give birth.

Keep in mind that no matter how much care you take to avoid the whiff of spam, there's a chance that some of your recipients will complain.

Astronomy may be hard science, but there's always been a whiff of Disney about it too.

For her younger brother, the whiff of danger was a bonus: "It's really cool being in a place with tanks. "

She said although I wore some cologne, she could still vaguely smell a scummy whiff out of me.

The only whiff of dodginess about the place is the city mayor's statement that it had been operating without some of the necessary permits.

Critics of the war in Afghanistan (and perhaps even its supporters) will detect at least a whiff of jingoism in the game.

She is let out of her protective cage once a year, for a whiff of fresh air.

Unpleasant whiff aside, the tours have proved popular and at least two new operators have started up in recent months.

Facebook is cleanly designed and has a classy, upmarket feel to it--a whiff of the Ivy League still clings.

It was Hillary Clinton, ironically, who gave the first whiff of this new reality on her first trip abroad as secretary of state in February.

The Coynes' marriage has a whiff of a phantom variable that the matching algorithms don't seem to take into account: fate.

Turns out, a whiff of sweat has the ability to turn a frog into a prince.

When an elephant gets a whiff of something interesting, it sniffs the air with its trunk raised up like a submarine periscope.

Or tried take a whiff of any of the vegetation that surrounds us everyday?

He's got that great baby smell. Get a whiff of his head.

like the whiff of a good smell to a ming too troubled to really smell it. . .

All satin and glossy wood panels, the living room has a modern, masculine flair with just a whiff of decadence.

To add to their misery, each day seems to bring a new study showing how vile and dangerous even a whiff of cigarette smoke can be.

As she stepped outside for a whiff of fresh air, she noticed the gardener trimming the shrubs.

Rosalie: (Sighs) Get a whiff of that. (Singsong) Here comes the human.

Something good must be cooking; I got a whiff of it through the window.

Something good must be cooking; I got a whiff of it.

And for now the regime in Pyongyang has kept the country hermetically sealed to any whiff of rebellion.

SOME people with hypersensitive sniffers say the whiff of future inflation is in the air. What's that, you say?

When they turned off the machine, a whiff of air escaped from his lungs, and he didn't move again.

another whiff is called humanism or irrational doctrine ideological tended.

One whiff of this odour and you'll be out of a flaming apartment in record time.

As she walked past, I caught a whiff of her perfume.

Most welcome of all, there was a return to music, introduced gently, so as not to bear the faintest whiff of popery .

A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.

Its creators, back on Earth, will be straining to see if that air carries a whiff of methane.

Here are a few ailments they've gotten a whiff of so far.

There is a one-sided and extreme one " Futurism " With a woman like one " Romanticism " Collide, wipe one whiff out and lead trend spark.

He is also trying to minimise the distinct whiff of solvent about the garments.

All things are relative but I get a distinct whiff of the old feelings .

When you first encounter it, there is a whiff of sci-fi make-believe about this tearing down of ancient language barriers.

So far, there is no whiff of a backlash in Indonesia.

Shrapnel was recovered from the scene and the whiff of missile propellent lingered a few hours later.

Journalists he has worked with: "Vanity in a newspaper man is like perfume on a whore: they use it to fend off a dark whiff of themselves. "

There is and has always been more than a whiff of snobbery about lamentations that reading is doomed to extinction.

A good rule of thumb is to take a whiff of what you are buying.

Commodities catch a strong whiff of inflation. That's just what Ben Bernanke hopes will extricate us from this mess.

Sceptics may detect a whiff of wishful thinking in all this.

Then, suddenly-as at a whiff of gardenias and cigars-his heart twitched within him, and he was sorry.

If you're starting to get a whiff of Pavlov and his salivating dog then you're on the right lines.

To Victorian society, immigrant street peddlers were "hucksters, " a name that retains a whiff of moral judgment to this day.

The man is no saint, and his movement displays a whiff of Hindu chauvinism (see article).

Both announcements bore a whiff of panic: they were made during steep falls in bank shares and the fine print was tidied up afterwards.

As the campaign is backed by the American Petroleum Institute, these events have a whiff of corporate manipulation.

On the campaign trail, he had vowed to respond fiercely to the first whiff of bad behaviour in his administration.

At the first whiff of recessionary pressures, the spending limits were broken, the initial transgressors being France and Germany.

The number of official "blue sky days" is on the rise, and the ubiquitous whiff of coal smoke is now rare.

Because any time the slightest whiff of boredom sets in, the kids start robotically groping for it.

Most countries with huge deficits cannot afford to lose credibility and must avoid even the slightest whiff of second thoughts.

Perhaps it's just me but I also detect a slight whiff of social Darwinism in the views expressed.

Banks grew even less willing to lend to each other on Monday, and money-market funds fled anything with a whiff of risk.

These have a whiff of self interest about them: they are the kind of studies that get press released but not peer reviewed.

One whiff of its pungent curry-coconut aroma and you'll be transported to all three countries.

I see wild creatures who coexist with each other peacefully flee in terror at the first whiff of human presence, my own included.

Every year, the Paris farm show brings prize beasts, huge crowds, thick mud and the whiff of the countryside to the capital.

A whiff of warm air ascended to his nostrils, and there, curled up under the snow in a snug ball, lay Billee.

Protests with the faintest whiff of political opposition have been shut down by riot police.

she asked, getting a whiff of his trademark Perry Ellis cologne.

He drew the first whiff of smoke deep into his lungs and expelled it in a long and lingering exhalation.

But it is worth noting, however, that some of the party poopers' comments may carry a whiff of sour grapes.

When you've got a fit that swings for the bleachers, it's even more embarrassing when you whiff it.

Worst of all, the balance-sheet has a whiff of Detroit's carmakers: a shrunken business supporting gigantic welfare obligations.

The businesses have become the area's de facto country clubs by bringing a whiff of gentility to Koreatown's alcohol-fueled night scene.

Its growth has also created extraordinary windfalls for some, and aroused more than a whiff of jealousy among others.

The whiff of pigs being slaughtered hangs over those parts not covered by the aroma of coffee being processed.

A lost generation of planets may now be no more than a whiff of pollution in the atmospheres of their dead parent stars.

Every time I come near them I get a whiff of their cologne.

I just baked cookies Mr. Officer, looky, take a whiff of these.

This year's festivities had the usual elements, including 39 road deaths on a single day, plus a stronger-than-usual whiff of politics.

Rather than continually giving people a whiff of the pies you're not baking, bake the pie and then give them a piece.

We would be remiss if we didn't give you a whiff of this colorful legal story that ran on the Journal's front page today.

and at each whiff the inside of my hand was illuminated, and became for a second the highest light in the landscape.

Any whiff that provisioning expenses are waning at a bank could light a fire under its stock.

I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.

British and Italian men will be hoping to catch a whiff of celebrity this Christmas, according to a survey released on Friday.

The Democrat MP was not seen doing anything as gauche, though the affair has left a nasty whiff.

They knew things were not going well, but from their leader there was a whiff of panic.

He leaned towards me and I caught a whiff of garlic on his breath.

The whiff of danger filled her with excitement.

Journalists caught a whiff of scandal and pursued the actress relentlessly.

It was not, however, a whiff of burning rubber that gave it away.

When you notice a whiff of dishonesty coming from some kind of art, stop and figure out what's going on.

He caught a whiff of her perfume.

A black bear had caught a whiff of somebody's breakfast bacon and ripped out some insulation from under the eaves in frustration.

"'Do your job, ' she would say. The instruction carried a whiff of revenge: this is what you wanted. Smile! "

PUTTING an opposition leader on trial inevitably carries a whiff of politics.

And the party is buoyed by a sudden whiff of potential victory.

The whiff of reciprocity doubtless pleased the Americans.

Just one whiff flips the switch on courtship-initiating brain pathways.

Or maybe for the discreet whiff of beer emanating from a passenger?

One tinkle of the temple bell, one whiff of incense, or one sip of rancid yak-butter tea, and they lose their critical faculties.

Most couples can take the joke, even when it carries the whiff of revenge.

standing bold you stubble over now and take a whiff.

My fingers are extra fishy today, if you care to take a whiff.

Black cherry fruit is complemented by spicy qualities, notes of white pepper and even a whiff of cinnamon.

Right now, the French can ill-afford even the whiff of impropriety.

The court may be surprised to learn that the snowman's past contains a whiff of anti-Semitism.

A whiff of ether win put you out ha a few seconds.

Others argue that the rate rise has a whiff of desperation about it, and arrived sooner than expected.

"Awesome" has been with my generation in America so long that it now has a whiff of retro.

Indeed, there is a whiff of Dubai about the Chinese property market at the moment.

Indeed, it has a whiff of desperation about it.

Whiff! how scared the little Red Hen was!

Take a whiff. It smells like your sheep crap oil.

And there is more than a whiff of unreality to NATO's chief development proposal: to splurge over $200m on three vast diesel generators.

The economy, in short, has more than a whiff of exuberance.

Good for the stock market, too, a whiff of inflation.

When she sees a whiff of colored gas come out, she simply asks those gas particles what path they traveled.

America's economy once again has a distinct whiff of bananas.

They could not be seen to abandon a longstanding ally at the first whiff of tear-gas.

A whiff of instability would spread panic in the oil market.

A whiff of cigarette smoke struck his nostrils.

This lure for the South Sea Company, published in 1720, has a whiff of the 21st century about it.

Jack enjoyed a whiff of cocaine into the nose.

Why the whiff of European aristocracy?

Yet there is a slight whiff of a mid-life crisis.

whiff of fresh air reinvigorated him.

The slightest whiff of insincerity and we quickly discount the whole thing.

Any whiff of visible western practical support for Lubna Hussein for example, would have robbed her campaign of most of its credibility.

There is an awful whiff coming from the dustbin.

But the whiff of scandal won't be wafted away easily.

This lure for the South Sea Company, published in 1720, has a whiff of the 21st centuryaboutit.

At $2. 5bn, the offer had a whiff of fantasy from the start.

I caught a whiff of cigar smoke when I entered his room.

Along with the TV play series of Korea are imported in these years, a whiff of irresistible "Korea Current" has been formed in China.

I can catch a whiff of popcorn, I crave it.

There is a new whiff of rigour in the air.

As Britain's former colonial subjects come back as masters, there is barely a whiff of post-imperial regret.

You've got your hat on skew-whiff.

There is more than a whiff of politics about India's approach.

If tired, smell a whiff of clove oil and it will wake you up.

AsBritain's former colonial subjects come back as masters, there is barely a whiff of post-imperial regret.

There is more than a whiff of propaganda.

You will hav'e a whiff of strong mo'tive force.

It's not like getting a whiff of something in the kitchen and wondering what it is; it's like being three feet from a skunk.

With established brands, on the other hand, the whiff of bad publicity lingers longer.

A lot of things in China carry a whiff of excess.

Whiff rebounds in the sun, Japanese yen win-win pattern;

detecting the unmistakable whiff of electoral blackmail

smoking tobacco under the beadle's very nose, although each whiff would have cost a townsman a shilling;

one whiff of that and you re a goner

The whiff of romance: Norwegian goats' cheese

'That was clover, that warm whiff on the breeze, ' he remarked;

A whiff of anarchy on the streets of Cologne