Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...into the tunnel complexes by means of long hoses attached to gasoline-driven pumps, but gas grenades are usually used. Last week U.S. troops in Tay Ninh were hit by Communist gas grenades. With that, the argument against U.S. use of nontoxic gas went up in a puff of smoke...
Most of the smoke is coming from filters. With only a small part of the market a decade ago, filters have been unintentionally blessed by the health-hazard debate, now account for 65% of the industry's $7 billion annual sales. Challenging the leader, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which has the bestselling plain and menthol filters (Winston and Salem), other manufacturers are aiming for the top with new tips...
Other French troops may have been more disappointed with a provision of the new code that allows them to smoke a pipe and carry packages while walking in uniform but forbids them to offer an arm to a girl...
...Hendra recalls. "They canceled us in a week." The boys have since played everything from the Catskills' Borscht Belt to a shortlived TV show called The Entertainers. Their favorite gig was at Mister Kelly's in Chicago, which burned down while they were onstage. The band played Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and Nic stepped out to reassure the patrons: "Don't worry, my partner once quieted down an audience in a fire to avoid panic, and they all burned to death...
...Oriskany's 3,400-man crew below deck. Worst hit was "officers' country" in the forecastle, where many men had not yet climbed out of their bunks. As the choking fumes billowed into their compartments, they tried to escape, only to be forced back by the deadly smoke and heat in the passageways. Lieut. Commander Marvin Reynolds opened his porthole and managed to alert some hands on the top deck; they handed down a hose and an oxygen mask. Then Reynolds spent three hours spraying water around his oven-hot compartment. Commander Richard M. Bellinger...