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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes, according to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a cigar is an economic prop to a brutal totalitarian regime. Arguing against loosening sanctions against Cuba last year, DeLay warned that Fidel Castro "will take the money. Every dime that finds its way into Cuba first finds its way into Fidel Castro's blood-thirsty hands.... American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor...
...thugocracy," which is why some sharp-eyed TIME readers were surprised last week to see a photo of the Majority Leader smoking one of Cuba's best-a Hoyo de Monterrey double corona, which generally costs about $25 when purchased overseas and is not available in this country. The cigar's label clearly states that it was made in "Habana." The photo was taken in Jerusalem on July 28, 2003, during a meeting between DeLay and the Republican Jewish Coalition at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem...
...Generally, the Hoyo de Monterrey is considered a very good cigar, especially in those oversizes," says Gregory Mottola, tasting coordinator for Cigar Aficionado magazine. A review of the Hoyo de Monterrey double corona on the website www.topcubans.com raves: "Love at first sight. The beauty of the stick, is matched by it's (sic) paradisiacal even roundness in the smoke. The Hoyo sweet tastes (crushed cacao/coffee, Moroccan leather), give this cigar a childish naughtiness character. This is a smoke full of prestige and smooth class...
...across the table," retorted Kennedy, "and you will see that we are not so old." One moment Khrushchev was a battering ram determined to end the irritation of West Berlin, a threatened democratic enclave in the midst of Communist East Germany. The next, he was country cracker. Kennedy's cigar match went wild and landed behind Khrushchev's chair. "Are you trying to set me on fire?" snorted Khrushchev. "Not at all," Kennedy assured him (though, as Kennedy later mused, the thought was tempting). "Ah ha!" answered Khrushchev. "A capitalist, not an incendiary...
...Officers reported to Winthrop House in response to the alleged scent of marijuana wafting in the building. The responding officers determined the scent was actually cigar smoke...