Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought the device would add to the aura by going off in a puff of smoke," said Robert J. Sales, associate director of the MIT News Office...
What can citizens do to help make the job safer? Simple things, like making sure lamps aren't close to curtains, checking batteries on smoke detectors and observing fire alarms...
...Even harder than packing a new pipe can be finding a place on campus to smoke it, since College policy prohibits smoking in both common areas and student rooms of all Houses. While it's not entirely convenient for cigar or cigarette smokers to go outside to get their fix, it's particularly difficult for pipe smokers, who must carry more paraphernalia than will fit into a carton of cigarettes. The above-mentioned junior admitted that he smokes infrequently because of the hassle of finding a proper location. St. John says that he "tough[s] it out with the rest...
...light the cigar in a stiff wind. Then, at last, victory! His smooth puffing lasts until his shift ends. "It's my drawback," he declares on a Tuesday evening in October in the Mather office. "All the students know where I am, from my cigars. They're good to smoke. It relaxes you. Many people smoke one after a good dinner, to relax before dessert. I smoke one after I finish my final round of the building...
...explains, "but I do know people who inhale, even though it doesn't look too becoming." He pointed to a cigar in his bag. "Last week, two Cubans were here for the regatta, and they left me with two tokens, so to speak, of their country. I've smoked one and am saving the other, but I don't know for how long." He shook his head, looked at the cigar closely as if it were something to reckon with, and exclaims, "Whooo." The difference between a good cigar and a bad cigar is spitting, Billy explains. "Bad cigars taste...