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...massive teakwood gates of his family's suburban Bangkok compound roll open so police commandos can search it for the third time, Chalerm Yubamrung is smoking a fat Cuban cigar and complaining about the assaults on his dignity. Chalerm, a former police captain and now a member of Defense Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's New Aspiration Party, has done miraculously well on a public servant's salary. He and his three sons live in a 2.5-hectare, 14-building estate complete with its own football field. Back in 1991, the last military government charged Chalerm and several politicians with being "unusually...
...first witness took the stand and was asked the first question, Kenneth Royall, the appointed counsel for the defendants, stood up and made a valid objection to the form of the question. The tribunal recessed for 45 minutes, roughly the amount of time it takes to smoke a good cigar, and returned with their response. Objection overruled. The question was answered and another asked. Royall stood up and made a second sound objection, but after another cigar break, the panel again overruled him. At this rate the trial would have lasted three years, but Royall took the generals' hint...
...image of a collegiate FDR sitting in the basement of a final club, smoking a cigar with powerful alumni and preparing for the presidency, might strike envy in the hearts of ambitious Harvard students. But the final clubs of today don’t exercise this kind of power or importance. Sure, members of the clubs can make some alumni connections, but so can any Harvard student involved with any other organization on campus. The question is, why do people still envy them...
Historically, the cigar-smoking world may not have been inviting to women, but Harvard men don’t seem to disapprove of women who smoke cigars. “Generally, I find women who smoke very sexy and sultry,” says Jeremy Funke ’04. “It could be kind of hot in that I’d think she’d be aggressive,” says Mike B. Jobbins...
Harvard women may be smoking cigars, but they’re not purchasing them in Harvard Square. Jonathan W. Coffin, a salesman at Leavitt & Peirce, says that while women will often buy cigars for men, he sees a woman buy for herself “at most once per week,” and normally it’s an older woman. Women also tend to opt for cigarillos, which are essentially cigarettes wrapped in cigar leaves. A popular brand is John T’s Flavored Cigars—sample flavors include chocolate, rum, cherry, coconut, vanilla and cappuccino...