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Word: smokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Baird said she and her roommmate Hilary Nelson '82 were sitting on the bottom bunk, but didn't notice the mattress smouldering above them until another roommate came in and smelled smoke...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Extinguishers Fail to Operate In Pennypacker Mattress Fire | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...Stanley Kotowski of the fire department said the mattress could have suddenly burst into flames at any moment, and added the smoke from the mattress could have been very dangerous...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Extinguishers Fail to Operate In Pennypacker Mattress Fire | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...that she speaks into is thick with cigar smoke. We are standing outside the main ballroom to the Park Plaza Hotel where the AFL-CIO convention has been in session for several days. Tommy O'Neill is leaving the room, shaking hands with people. "Hi, I'm Tommy O'Neill, and I'm running for lieutenant governor, I'd like to ask for your vote." He is patted on the back. "Good luck, Tommy...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: You Sure You Want a Governor? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

King is supposed to be arriving at any minute, and everyone is waiting, although they also know he will have their votes no matter what. They are the representatives of about 90,000 members of organized labor unions throughout the state. They smoke cigars and wear King/O'Neill buttons. They ask you who are you going to vote for and tell a reporter she looks like her Daddy has a lot of money. They don't like Frank Hatch because he is rich and he looks like a wimp. Massachusetts will be like Miss Porter's if Hatch gets...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: You Sure You Want a Governor? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...network hurts women further by excluding them from power. "When those smoke-filled rooms open," says New Jersey Republican Congresswoman Millicent Fen wick, "there's hardly ever a woman inside." As Susan and Martin Tolchin wrote in their book Clout?Womanpower and Politics, "The smoke-filled rooms, bour-bon-and-branch-water rites and all-night poker games exclude women from the fellowship and cronyism that seal the bonds of power." Says former New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Is a Woman's Place in the House? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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