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Meanwhile, the same students pressure each other to quit smoking. They diligently point out "NO SMOKING" signs in Harvard buildings, but become enraged when the University takes a few feeble steps to enforce alcohol laws. Even The Crimson has outlawed smoking in the newsroom (although vodka shots are actually encouraged...
...third section of the book, devoted to the months after the election, the glibness recedes. Kitty writes of waiting for Michael to leave in the morning, then breaking out the vodka, unplugging the phone, drawing the blinds and passing out. She drank the dregs from the wineglasses after parties and gulped peanut butter to disguise the smell. Her isolation was matched only by her shame: she had often been held up to the public as a model of a recovered addict. In the final pages, as she describes losing everything, Kitty finds her strongest voice...
...that it would immediately begin rationing cigarettes, limiting consumption to five packs a month. President Gorbachev fired Vladilen Nikitin, his appropriately named head of state procurement, after finding his explanation for the shortage "unconvincing and unsound." Soviet smokers seem to agree. "It was bad enough when they took our vodka away," grumbled a man in a tobacco line. "There was eau de cologne or home brew to replace it. But what do you smoke instead of tobacco?" Suggested a young man next to him: "Try some grass...
...have a clean bill of health before they are allowed out. The American was told she could come in anytime. "Should we bring his rabies vaccine documents?" Not necessary, was the reply. In fact, added the vet, "We don't need the dog. Just bring a bottle of vodka." The exchange was a small sign of Soviet economic deterioration. A year ago, on the occasion of another checkup, the vet demanded a bottle of Johnnie Walker Scotch...
...climax, when other movies are accelerating, a dyna- movie must slow down in a vain search for emotional heft. By the end, viewers may be exhausted from information overload. Instead of leaving the theater with a rosy glow or warm tears, dyna-moviegoers feel like a James Bond vodka martini. They have been shaken but not stirred...