Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cockpit of a Star or Lightning, watching the waves lap gently against his hull, sniffing the sea breeze, and reading John O'Hara. But just let the water turn to ice. Out come the brandy, the long Johns, the parka and the racing goggles-and, lordy, watch his smoke...
...scientific blend of all sounds"-to drown out intruding racket. Other machines swish like the restless sea, or, in midwinter, hum like summer's air conditioner. There is a whole catalogue of ear plugs, His and Her reading lights, even a togetherness cigarette holder so that two can smoke...
...their place, "modern safety features" have been installed: sprinkler systems in the older dormitories, smoke screens (doors to prevent the spread of smoke to other parts of the building) in a number of dormitory corridors, and, in some off-campus houses, fire ladders to several of the corner rooms...
...live. Pressured by labor representatives on company boards, the Ruhr's prosperous industrialists have built colorful high-rise apartments and cozy bungalows that rank with the best workers' housing anywhere. Krupp has steam-cleaned many of its buildings, August Thyssen has spent $10 million to control the smoke from its stacks, and the grimy company towns of yesteryear have turned into handsome cities. The rural aspects of the region, so long crushed by fumes and neglect, can once again exert their charm. And in many of the plants devoted to the new technology, the most notable sounds nowadays...
Over the Pump. At 64, Irving runs his businesses like fiefs, delegating bits of authority only to his three sons, who range in age from 32 to 36. Like their father, they work up to 18 hours a day, do not smoke or drink, have little small talk or social life. K.C. operates out of a second-story walkup above a service station in Saint John, and all four Irvings lunch together at K.C.'s white frame house because, as he says, "we just don't get enough time to talk at the office." On his many trips...