Word: cigar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neophyte and the only woman in a room filled with bearded young men. Timothy Britton, a piper, pipemaker and transcendental meditator, comes over to have a look. "The reed's cracked," he says after a quick inspection. "Here, try some Krazy Glue." More trouble from across the room: a cigar-chewing piper, improbably named Roy Rogers Jr., has a mysterious air leak. "Blow some smoke into the bag and see where it comes out," advises Britton...
...flashback talkathon with chase scenes that distract from the film's mood. But he has located a chic, grim style for the story. Garish, ominous colors flash vividly across his monochrome palette. The streets keep sweating rain, and clouds loom over the bayou like threats written in cigar smoke. Images of mirrors, feet, overhead fans, unknown soldiers and shrouded figures punctuate Harry's waking dreams, inching him closer to the terrible truth...
Earlier in the week the superpowers tested weapons from their existing arsenals in wastelands on opposite sides of the world. High above Canada's Northwest Territories, an American B-52 launched a cigar-shaped cruise missile over the frozen Beaufort Sea. After flying at 500 m.p.h. and occasionally skimming as low as several hundred feet, the weapon touched down smoothly in Alberta four hours after launch. It was the first successful cruise test in a year...
Close, But No Cigar...
...most nagging question is when Iacocca plans to relinquish the driver's seat. Sitting in his cluttered office and smoking an eight-inch Cohiba cigar given to him by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iacocca answers the question by first conceding that he has slowed down a little. "I * can't take the pace around here anymore. Those 16-hour days are for the young crowd. It comes with age -- you slow down a step like the ballplayers." But Iacocca sees no reason why he should necessarily retire at 65, and none of his subordinates wants...