Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people who pound their fists and mutter aphorisms about smoke and fire ignore the breadth of Acheson's work. Between his becoming Undersecretary and now, the free world was forced to recognize one of the most unpalatable truths in recent times--the inescapable danger of modern Russia. As the Secretary of State, Acheson was the one primarily responsible for solving the vast problems that appeared during the transition from hope to reality. He had to determine the very premises of policy, as well as the policies themselves...
...getaways were wonderful-Grandma just seemed to vanish like smoke. But last week, when she tried to heist a bank in suburban Arcadia, her luck failed...
...soldiers testified to sharing cigarettes with Rogers in the stolen car; Kilpatrick proved that Rogers did not smoke. An other piece of key evidence was that Rog ers drove the stolen car; Kilpatrick proved that Rogers had never learned to drive...
...days later, while Richards and Walker were camped at the foot of the cone, the volcano blew its top. A vast cloud of black smoke billowed out of the crater, almost from the spot where they had waded in the lava dust. It rose to a great height; then its steam condensed and fell as a scalding deluge of muddy rain. Richards and Walker escaped in a skiff, rowing madly, and took refuge on a tuna boat...
...said he was awakened at 9:20 a.m. by a floormate yelling "Smoke." He found a corner of his living room in flames. Before firemen could douse the blaze, fire had gutted the floor and smoke damaged the walls and most of the occupants' clothing. A roommate, William B. Warren '56, slept through the whole disturbance...