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...tobacco-short autumn of 1944, gagsters rephrased it "What this country needs is a five-cent cigar...
...back into comfortable anonymity. There have been some 20th-century exceptions, men like Garner and Wallace who made news while in office. But Vice Presidents are mainly remembered, when they are, for irrelevancies, like Thomas Marshall for his catch phrase: "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar...
Damned Spot. In Cincinnati, a sign on a locked cigar store read: "Out of cigars. Out of cigarets. Out of gum. Out of films. Out of stamps. Out of patience. Out of town...
...life. I'll be 76 next month and I'm gonna live to 93. I get to bed early-and I still drink whiskey. Couldn't live to 93 if I didn't." He tossed off a hefty drink. Truman asked him about the fantastic cigar. "Why, it's a Mexican cigar. Best in the world. Well, Harry, this train is fixing to pull out." He got up, glanced carefully at the bottom of his glass, said goodbye and started for the door...
When he climbed back down to the ground Ervin jumped down behind him and tucked a box of Truman's cigars under the old man's arm. Garner said, "Thank you. Thank you. These are mighty good.'' He stood, looking up, as the train began to roll away. Then he walked off, stopping once to strike a kitchen match expertly on the seat of his trousers and relight the frayed stump of his Mexican cigar...