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...Tobacco is a filthy weed, And from the Devil doth proceed; Robs your pockets, burns your clothes, And makes a chimney out of your nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Feb. 2, 1976 | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...exams all plagued with various ailments. Lots of people have theories on how to make yourself sick enough to get out of a final: eat a lot of aspirin and drink a Coke; eat spoiled mayonnaise; polish off a quart of Charles River water; swallow chunks of chewing tobacco; say you're hearing voices (how can they tell?). One guy had his roomate smash his finger with a hammer. "It seemed like a good idea at the time," he says...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann and Richard Turner, S | Title: In the Bunker | 1/28/1976 | See Source »

...wellbeing, federal officials last week offered an answer. Titled Health, United States, 1975, a three-volume, 600-page study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare indicated that the physical condition of Americans had improved significantly in the past generation, but that excessive use of alcohol and tobacco as well as improper diet and lack of exercise are still major causes of disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Nation's Health | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

...resurrection. The Mormon god is a personage and, in the words of one Harvard Mormon, "is a very real god, who works in your life, guides you, affects you." Mormons also believe in modern-day revelation and the eternal progression of man and are prohibited from using alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea by the Word of Wisdom, one of Smith's revelations...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Latter-day Saints...Among the Liberal Chic | 1/21/1976 | See Source »

JIMMY ("Nuts") CARTER, 1st b. rookie: Earned his nickname from habit of chewing peanuts instead of tobacco; smiles a lot; last year MVP in the Georgia circuit as well as the league's only player...

Author: By Sam Pillsbury, | Title: Spring Training for Presidents | 1/20/1976 | See Source »

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