One of the workers also expressed skepticism that the Cincinnati office originated the screening without direction from Washington, according to the excerpts.

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Steven joined Microsoft in 1989 as a software development engineer and has contributed to the company in many ways from his work as a technical advisor to Bill Gates, to leading the evolution of theMicrosoft Office business, to his direction and successful leadership of Windows and Windows Live as well as Surface.

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The Met Office said the wind speed and direction made it "entirely possible" for the smell to have spread that far.

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