Word: puffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought the device would add to the aura by going off in a puff of smoke," said Robert J. Sales, associate director of the MIT News Office...
Lesson 1: The masks work. You find out how well when you lift it up for the few seconds it takes to blurt your name, rank and Social Security number, and choke on the whiff you get when you do. Clear your mask - a puff out through the one-way mouth hole - and you're back in the pink, congratulating yourself on your fortitude and staring quizzically at the masked-and-gloved drill sergeants burning the CS sticks, wondering if the drama of this boot camp ordeal, like so many others, had been oversold...
...moods, from glee to disdain, from fatigue to excitement. She usually grins broadly but rolls her eyes and sighs when you forget your ID and beg her to punch in your number. When Vicky is rested, she looks young and jokes with you. When she's tired, her eyes puff up and she complains about almost anything. Her daughter, Katerina, who's nine, has the same dark hair, expressive face and uninhibited demeanor. "I was the same as her growing up," Vicky said, "okay, maybe a little quieter...
...Lighting up may be riskier if you're an older woman. Women over 60 who smoke are more than twice as likely to get lung cancer as same-age males. Why? Women may be more vulnerable to tobacco's carcinogens, they may inhale more of these carcinogens with each puff, or they simply may not be screened for lung cancer as vigilantly...
...costumed group of students entered a crowded MIT lecture hall to promote Phi Kappa Sigma's upcoming Halloween party that raises money for the Leukemia Society of America. The packed lecture hall watched as the sophomore in question, hoping to add to the aura by creating a theatrical puff of smoke, ended up with deep gashes on his hand...