Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...created by their hard history. Even in the large cities, Afrikaners tend to mix uneasily with English-speaking whites. In the country, they are a law and a people unto themselves. The family structure is strong and disciplined; Afrikaner youth are far less likely than their Anglo counterparts to smoke or drink. Sunday is the Lord's day; sports, cinema and TV are forsworn for lengthy sermons of a dominee at the local church. The Afrikaner can, and usually does, treat his black workers with kindness. Yet there is never a sense that the black is, or even could...
...smoke alarms were already ringing by the time Moynihan saw the fire," Frank N. Yellin '80, who helped Moynihan put the fire out, said yesterday. "Three fire trucks and firemen with hatchets arrived very quickly but it was all over," Yellin said, adding "it was no big deal...
...American Cancer Society organized the national "smoke-out" as "a public city gimmick," to urge smokers to pledge not to smoke for one day in the hope that they would realize their potential to stop permanently, Cheryl Zusman, director of the drive in Massachusetts said yesterday. She added the response was "over-whelming...
Harvard smokers acquainted with the smoke-out, however, said they either thought that a one-day break would be meaningless, or that they were unable to stop...
...lasted until noon, but once I had a cup of coffee, I had to have a cigarette. I guess I'm addicted to nicotine." a freshman who wished not to be identified said yesterday. The American Cancer Society's failure to publicize the smoke-out on college campuses, may have lessened Harvard participation in the "Smoke-Out," Joseph Paiva, director of public education for the society, said yesterday. "It was a gross oversight on our part," he added...