Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quite a figure, standing there, leaning on the mantel, holding a tall glass of his favorite liqueur and blowing thin streams of smoke into the musty air of his digs. It was a satisfying sight, thought Vag, as he contemplated himself. Almost completely pre-war, normal times, and all of that. His clothes were good: of a fine cut and hanging firmly from his broad shoulders. His white, but toned-down collar curled softly around the proper knot of his knitted tie. His feet rested comfortably in the plush soles of his thick wool seeks, which, in turn, fitted smoothly...
...warmed the glass with his hands and slowly sipped some of the liquor, inhaling it deeply as he raised the glass to his lips. Again, he lifted the cigarette and swallowed a long drag of the thick blue smoke, letting it curl out of the corners of his mouth. He posed. It was a beautiful sight...
...loving George, who knew everyone worth knowing in Washington, became vice president of the Home Insurance Company. The way it happened was that the company had found itself involved with Boss Pendergast in Missouri's fire insurance scandal. It needed someone like George to fan out the smoke and put Home Insurance back in good odor with Congress. George's job was Good Relations...
Toward dawn a thundering explosion rocked the bullet-riddled jail front. A dynamite charge had ripped away the porch, and behind the billowing cloud of smoke and rubble the sporadic firing ceased. From within a voice called: "Stop it. You're killing us. Let us give...
...whole array of other witnesses and experts double-checked the findings. From a bed in the Reading Hospital, T.W.A. Captain Richard Brown, the plane's sole survivor, said that smoke swirling up through the baggage hatch was so intense that it was impossible to see the pilot across the flight deck, that he had as a last resort attempted to land blind...