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...called worksite visits the union is doing daily across Ohio. DiCillo, 47, is planning to vote for Obama on Tuesday, in large part because of Bill Clinton. "The Teamsters endorsed Bill Clinton and then he gave us NAFTA," said the 22-year union member, chuffing on a cigarillo in the 36-degree weather. "I just don't trust her. She lies worse than her husband. She said NAFTA back then was one of the best things he ever did. Now she wants to rewrite it? She'll say anything...
...resignation of Franz Müntefering, Germany's cigarillo-smoking Vice Chancellor, came with characteristic abruptness. Even his colleagues in the Social Democratic Party, or SPD, were surprised by the single line announcement released by the former union leader's office. Müntefering, 67, stressed that he was stepping down from Germany's second most powerful position for personal reasons, notably a "new, dramatic situation" regarding the health of his wife, who has cancer. His departure engendered great sympathy, of course - but also plenty of questions, for it comes after months of speculation about whether he would stay...
...highlights suitably dry, Mall-ya-known inside his palace as "Boss"-makes for the pool. Wearing red-tinted sunglasses, diamond studs and thick gold bracelets, he wades into the cool turquoise water, lights up a cigarillo and bellows out a limerick that begins, "There once was young man from Madras, whose balls were made of brass...
...Sitting in his red Mercedes, Mallya lights another cigarillo and declares that people are coming to his campaigns in ever larger numbers. What they are coming for, though, is another matter. At Kolar, unemployed young men press their faces to the tinted windows of the car, gaping at the flashing lights on his stereo system, the plush seats and the attractive women who sometimes join Mallya's extensive entourage on his whistle-stops...
Pitching to Women. Consolidated and eleven other major companies, which together ring up 75% of all cigar sales, make a range of cigars from diminutive cigarillos to big, blunt coronas. The sales gains are due almost entirely to the cigarillos, particularly those with plastic tips, that have been grabbed up by reformed cigarette smokers. In some cities, cigarillo sales are up as much as 400%, and wholesalers are rationing supplies. Many cigar makers just cannot keep up with demand; unlike high-speed automated cigarette lines, cigar making still involves slow hand operation...