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To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (7224)	10/21/1997 10:17:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Breakthrough claimed for electric cars WASHINGTON - Researchers have developed a chemical process using gasoline that could lead to fuel-efficient and virtually pollution-free electric cars that don't need bulky batteries and can refuel at conventional gas stations. usatoday.com o~~~ O

To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (7224)	10/22/1997 12:11:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

World's worst job? VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadians worried their bad breath may be a social liability can have their mouth odor checked at a new breath-testing clinic. The University of British Columbia, which announced its bad-breath service Monday, says a patient will have their breath scientifically analyzed for halitosis -- and then checked by a human sniffer. "This clinic provides an objective measure for people concerned about their breath," said Don Brunette, associate dean of the university's dentistry faculty. To conduct the tests, staff suck air from a patient's mouth with a syringe and use gas chromatography to check for the presence of sulfur compounds that cause bad breath. "In addition, an oral biologist specializing in breath malodor gives a subjective evaluation. The patient sits behind a privacy screen and exhales into a tube. The breath evaluator sniffs the breath coming from the tube and assesses it," the university said. A visit to the clinic costs $150 Canadian ($110 U.S.). Sounds like a potential alternative to capital punishment.