Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their own way, and in their own interest, the U.S. and Britain were as jealous of Big Power prerogatives as Russia was. But they went about it differently. Not a presidium but a U.S. institution, the smoke-filled room, preserved Big Power unity. San Francisco's smoky room was the parlor of Stettinius' suite atop the Fairmont Hotel, where the Big Power representatives were in almost daily session...
Carrier's Escape. The Bunker Hill's fight for survival lasted through many agonizing hours. A huge pillar of smoke billowed from the after half of the ship, where blazing gasoline and oil sloshed around. Crewmen manned hoses in the face of flames which scorched them to the limit of endurance. Part of the Marine detachment stayed in an ovenlike compartment, throwing bombs and rockets overboard. Tons of water, covered with burning gas and oil, were spilled off over the side in a sharp, skillful turn worked out by the navigator, Commander Charles J. Odend...
...When the judge finished, Koch smiled. Newsmen crowded around him. He recognized acquaintances and some of his brother officers. Said Koch to TIME Correspondent William Rospigliosi, whom he had interrogated while Rospigliosi was a political internee: "I am very pleased to see you again. Times have changed, we now smoke American cigarettes...
...Calm, Be Calm. To an officer who was much moved, Koch said: "You smoke too much, your hands are shaking." The officer: "I am shaking because of all this...
Clear the Decks. In Portland, Ore., a woman asked her ration board for ten pounds of canning sugar for her nameless baby, explained: "The baby isn't born yet, but I want to get my canning done before I go to the hospital." Where There's Smoke. In Neosho Rapids, Kan., Farmer Ralph Blank, burn ing trash, watched a plane circle and land in a field nearby. The pilot, a cigaret dangling from his lips, approached and begged a light...