Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...smoke-bomb went off in the book department of the Harvard Cooperative Society at 11 a.m. yesterday, and brought 10 fire engines and a host of police officials to the scene in a matter of minutes...
Reminiscent of the smoke-bomb which preceded the $50,000 Coop robbery last January, yesterday's bomb filled the book department with smoke, but did little damage. The final loss was put by Coop officials at three damaged books...
...fire was first spotted by four Cambridge moppets and before it was over, 10 engines were on the scene. Firemen attributed their difficulty in fighting the bloke to the fact that the burning wool emitted smoke instead of burning cleanly...
Last summer the weakened Voice was nearly stilled altogether when outraged Congressmen discovered that an NBC scriptwriter had been wisecracking about their home states (e.g., "New England was founded by hypocrisy, and Texas . . . by sin"). When the smoke cleared away, NBC and CBS had canceled their Government contracts. The Voice got a new appropriation of nearly $12 million and was made one of the chores of able Career Diplomat George Allen, new Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs...
Speaking before a many-sided and responsive audience to close to 1200, Wallace supporter O. John Rogge 11 times called the evening's discussion of the U. S. Communist question, "a typical smoke-screen for fascists, American style" while lawyer Morris Ernst 9 times hammered for completely aboveboard Communist Party operations...