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...finds that young people today are less ambitious than a generation ago, duller than in the '60s but more eager to find some meaning in their lives. Hesburgh keeps a close rein on his own ambitions, even as he enjoys the trappings of success, smoking a Cuban cigar and sipping a Grand Marnier. Ambition among churchmen, says Hesburgh, is corrosive: "I've seen it ruin so many...
...transcripts of other people's conversations: Division Street: America, Hard Times and Working. The subjects changed with each book, but Terkel's theme did not: I hear America speaking. All the while the most provocative talker was a rumpled man with floppy white hair and an omnipresent cigar-the one who was asking the questions, and listening...
Pealing Bells. Kahlis, a cigar in his mouth, two U.S. marshals at his side, was soon headed for his armed-camp home where his plot had been conceived. Until his preliminary hearing, he is confined to Washington. To reporters gathering beyond the fence, he said he felt "very good...
...bored with all that hoop, you can always watch the Muriel Cigar Open of the pro bowlers tour...
...York City-born Galante, nicknamed "Lillo" and "The Cigar," possesses truly impressive criminal credentials. He has spent almost half his life in prison on charges ranging from gambling, narcotics trafficking and bootlegging to extortion, assault and homicide. Galante first gained respect within the Mafia for his suspected involvement in the murder of Carlo Tresca, an Italian-American newspaper editor and enemy of Benito Mussolini; police believed that Tresca was knocked off at the urging of il Duce himself...