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Ford is not often angry, but he is more easily irritated now than he was two years ago. He has realized the neccessity of rationing his time; when he is caught in open-ended discussions, he clenches his pipe firmly in his teeth-a sign of smoldering irritation. His infrequent outbursts are set off by issues that challenge his convictions. He startled an aide a few months ago by denouncing, in barracks-room language, Congressmen seeking to abolish covert activities of the CIA abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: TEAM PLAYER MAKES GOOD | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

...stood in the doorway of his brown shingle house just several doors from the site, looking over his shoulder while puffing away at his pipe, obviously ill at ease on the subject of the murders...

Author: By Michael L. Silk, | Title: Foch Street Tries to Forget | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

...characterized one of the victims as a very good neighbor, adding that the neighborhood had "never had any problems before." As the questioning about the incident grew more detailed, the man grew visibly more uncomfortable, sucking harder on his pipe and pawing at the floor with his feet...

Author: By Michael L. Silk, | Title: Foch Street Tries to Forget | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

Arnold W. Malcolm, a physician with a Harvard radiation therapy team that treats cancer patients, gradually gave up smoking cigarettes for a pipe. "I stopped because of the loss of money, time, and then, of course, my lungs," he says...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Warnings Don't Change Doctors' Diets | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

...addition to puffing on a pipe, Malcolm indulges in hazardous foods like beef, which has been linked to both colon cancer and heart disease...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Warnings Don't Change Doctors' Diets | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

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