Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sean Marsee was just twelve years old when he picked up some free samples of Skoal and Copenhagen tobacco at a local rodeo. Dipping snuff was a popular habit at his school, especially among the athletes. And Marsee, a budding track star, quickly grew accustomed to the feel of a juicy wad in his mouth and the slight head buzz that goes with it. By the time he entered high school, he was dipping his way through seven to ten cans a week. Then in 1983, his senior year, Marsee developed a painful sore on his tongue. It refused...
Troubled for years by an increasingly strident antismoking movement, Reynolds has long been eager to reduce its dependence on tobacco. Cigarettes currently account for 75% of the company's earnings. It has already acquired Kentucky Fried Chicken, Del Monte foods, Canada Dry soft drinks and Heublein's liquors and wines. The addition of Nabisco favorites, including Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers, Planters peanuts and Baby Ruth candy bars, will give Reynolds a full pantry of profitable products. Moreover, the acquisition will enable Reynolds to be much stronger overseas. Foreign sales account for about 37% of Nabisco's business, compared with only...
...work. But what's in store for them in the long term? Elvy takes the lead is admitting he wants to settle down eventually with the "white picket fence and dozens of kids, I want to write a book someday. I'll call it Hick from Harvard,' Hick from tobacco farm tobacco to Harvard, makes good," Langerman reacts with horror. "That's him, I don't have long-term goals. I'm 21. I figure I've got 30 years ahead expect to live to be 100. I can't predict what will happen...
Needless to say, wine, liquor and tobacco were prohibited in undergraduate rooms, and kegs were absolutely not allowed in bathtubs. Furthermore, any schollar caught playing Crazy Eights or Double Solitaire or throwing dice with his chambermate could expect to add five shilling to Harvard's endowment. Get caught a second time, and it was a public confession...
Seaver found his pace gently, indicating his pitch selection with measured flicks of his gloves. He would signal his fastball with a quick jerk, his curve with a sweeping gesture. All the time his battery mate was stoic, chewing his tobacco carefully, with respect...