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...Unlike their distant cousins, the Inca, Aztecs and Maya, the Taino left no pyramids or temples--no obvious signs that they had ever existed. Just about all that remains of their culture is the handful of Taino words that survive in modern English, including barbecue, canoe, hammock, hurricane and tobacco...
...certainly has worked out for the team from the Bronx this year, a scrappy squad that won early, won often and puzzled teams so much that frustrated players could only spit tobacco juice and mutter appreciatively "Damn, Yankees" (1958). The musical, starring Tab Hunter, is notable both for its solid choreography (from a young Bob Fosse, who also gets a cameo) as well as a plot that Padres fans just might want to consider: Small-team fan sells his soul to help his guys beat the mighty Yanks. Great fun, especially since (the Yankees losing? Preposterous!) it's so obviously...
...many smokers on the heart unit. Ben Blalock, 65, not only smokes tobacco, he also grows it. Tobacco, he says, has been his family's ticket out of poverty. He simply doesn't buy the health warnings. His heart problems, he says, are inherited from his "mother's people...
...older brother, Glenn, didn't do such a great job managing the Dodgers, but Trevor had 53 saves in 54 attempts with a 1.48 ERA. He does get major style-point deductions for the way he spits out flecks of tobacco and tobacco juice when he's on the mound. Seeing chaw particles on his lips just doesn...
...1930s cookbook and auctioned it for $10." Ray Geeck of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla., began casually hawking dolls from his home and claims to have grossed $1 million so far this year. Judy Williams of Atlanta, Texas, says she worked her way off welfare by reselling linens, quilts, pottery and tobacco tins on eBay...