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Word: smoke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fire broke out when one of the actors accidentally threw his lit cigarette on a rubber tarpaulin behind the stage. Seconds later, smoke began to rise from the back of the stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire In Loeb Theatre Makes Reality of Play | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...play, concerned with the destruction wrought by forms of fire in a town, seemed to incorporate the fire on stage into the plot. While two of the actors tried to stamp the fire out unnoticed, another member of the cast spoke of his life in "ashes and smoke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire In Loeb Theatre Makes Reality of Play | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...audience soon caught on when one actor was forced to retrieve a liquor bot-tle, which had been used in a previous play, and pour it on the now very visible clouds of smoke. The play struggled on from that point but the fire was never fully extinguished until after the play had finished...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire In Loeb Theatre Makes Reality of Play | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...seconds off schedule and only 2.6 miles from its target near the bow of the Hornet. Even so, there was a moment of tension. Drifting down under its three big orange-and-white chutes in full view of a worldwide TV audience, Yankee Clipper suddenly seemed to be billowing smoke-a sight that was ominously reminiscent of the fatal Apollo fire in 1967. In this case, however, Skipper Conrad was simply venting surplus fuel, an operation usually performed at a higher altitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: A New View of the Ocean of Storms | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

After giving their blood- which takes about five minutes- donors are required to rest for fifteen minutes to regain their strength before leaving Memorial Hall. They are instructed not to smoke for 30 minutes and to drink lots of liquids for several days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

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