Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been one of them. He knew the angles. Said he: "The Devil will come and bring you another bottle of smoke. You'll go over to Second Avenue and sell a pint of blood for five bucks and get drunk again before the day is over . . . Come and get God's help...
...dramatic quality, Miner admits that it's mostly a matter of guesswork: "Plays considered surefire ahead of broadcasting time usually end up at the bottom-that happened to comedies like June Moon and Boy Meets Girl. But Turgenev's Smoke, which was expected to leave people cold, was one of the most popular we've ever done." And he adds: "There are some shows I've put on that I personally hate, but I know there's an audience for them. TV's a mass medium and there has to be something for everybody...
...Asbury Park, N.J., a mechanical laughing Santa in the window of Steinbach's department store caught fire from a short circuit. While the smoke billowed through the window, his ghostly mechanical belly laugh could be heard ringing in the streets...
Clouds of yellow smoke blanketed Harvard Square at 5:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon when a 12 by 10 inch package exploded in front of Daley's drug store. Police believe the incident was a "prank," but are continuing their investigation...
...Bagdad" is an ordinary American western in disguise. The cavalry and the gangsters are there all right, only they are fitted out in flowing robes instead of gray serge, carry swords instead of pistols, smoke aguilas instead of cigarettes, and quote from the Koran whenever a cowboy might toss off a handy cliche...