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Part 1: Lighting Up, Kicking Back |
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1 | (78) |
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If You Know Just a Little, Start Here |
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3 | (16) |
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5 | (5) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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Grab Your Wallet: What You'll Pay |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (5) |
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire |
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19 | (12) |
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Desperately Seeking Cigars |
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20 | (1) |
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Tobacconist or ``Seegar Seller''? |
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21 | (2) |
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Spirited Sales---Liquor Stores and Cigar Bars |
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23 | (1) |
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Pasta or Cuban Corona?---Cigars at Restaurants |
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24 | (1) |
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Cigars: In the Mail, on the Net |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (3) |
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Bite a Hot Dog, but Clip Your Cigar |
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31 | (16) |
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32 | (10) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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The Straight or Guillotine Cut |
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37 | (2) |
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Two Blades: Better Than One? |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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C'mon Baby, Light My Fire |
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42 | (3) |
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Paper's No Match for Cigars |
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42 | (1) |
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Lighter Fluid: Cigar Arson? |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Ashtrays: Give Your Cigar a Break |
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45 | (2) |
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Ya Gotta Speak Da Language |
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47 | (12) |
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Basic Cigar Speak---Talking the Talk |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Boxed In: Feeling the Pressure |
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51 | (2) |
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Don't Let a Machine Make Your Cigar |
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53 | (2) |
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Shorted Out---Turn On to Long Filler |
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55 | (1) |
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Where Was Your Cigar Born? |
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56 | (3) |
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What You See Is What You Get |
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59 | (20) |
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Brown Is the Color of My True Love's Cigar |
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60 | (6) |
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Double Claro, Candela, Jade, or American Market Selection (AMS) Wrappers |
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61 | (1) |
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Natural or Claro Wrappers |
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62 | (1) |
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Colorado Claro or English Market Selection (EMS) |
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62 | (1) |
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Colorado, Corojo, and Habana2000™ Wrappers |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Double Maduro, Oscuro, or Maduro Maduro Wrappers |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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The Size That's Right for You |
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68 | (1) |
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Eenie, Meenie: Popular Lengths and Shapes |
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69 | (5) |
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Gigante, Presidente, Immensa |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Corona Extra, Corona Royale |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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Robusto, Rothschild, Toro |
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74 | (1) |
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Belvedere, Ascot, Demitasse |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (5) |
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Belicoso, Petite Belicaso |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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Part 2: In Search of Perfection |
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What's Inside Your Cigar? |
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81 | (12) |
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How Your Cigar Is Orchestrated |
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82 | (1) |
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From Mild to Wild: Work Your Way Up |
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83 | (1) |
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``Pumping Up'' to a Full-Bodied Smoke |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (16) |
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We Don't Blend No Stinkin' Cigars! |
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94 | (2) |
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Full Body: In the Spanish Style |
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96 | (1) |
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How Cuban Seed Traveled Around the World |
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97 | (2) |
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Are Cuban Cigars the Best? |
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99 | (3) |
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Can a Government Make a Good Cigar? |
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100 | (1) |
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Habanos SA: The Second Cuban Revolution? |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (3) |
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Faking You Out: Know Your Cubans |
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105 | (2) |
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Was My Cuban Cigar Made by Hand? |
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107 | (2) |
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The Myth and Magic of Havana Cigars |
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109 | (8) |
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Cuban Cigar: Still Champion |
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110 | (1) |
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So You Want to Be a Smuggler? |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (2) |
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How the Cigar Becomes a Star |
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117 | (20) |
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Don't Try This at Home: Creating a Cigar |
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118 | (1) |
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Awaking the ``Sleeping'' Leaf |
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119 | (2) |
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Giving a Cigar ``The Look'' |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (1) |
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The Roller at Center Stage |
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125 | (1) |
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Cigar Rolling: A Silky Touch with Steel Muscles |
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126 | (11) |
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The Art of Filler Bunching |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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Cigar Molds: Full-Court Pressure |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (1) |
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``Capping'' Off the Cigar |
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133 | (4) |
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Filler Up, Bind It, Wrap It Up! |
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137 | (18) |
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138 | (8) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Honduras: Packing a Punch |
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140 | (2) |
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Nicaragua: Revolution, Recovery, and Rebirth |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Doing the Samba in Brazil |
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143 | (1) |
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Oh, Mexico, the Sun's So Hot |
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144 | (1) |
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``Hey Mon, Come to Jamaica'' |
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145 | (1) |
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Dutch Treat from Indonesia, Java, and Sumatra |
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146 | (1) |
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Binders: Keeping It All Together |
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146 | (2) |
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Ecuador, Java, and Sumatra: Bound by Binder |
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147 | (1) |
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Stay Outta My Tobacco Patch: Cuba |
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147 | (1) |
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Honduras and Nicaragua Spice It Up |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Wrappers: Pretty as a Picture |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (6) |
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The Wrapper King of Connecticut |
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150 | (1) |
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Cameroon: The African Connection |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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The Mojo of Mexico and Maduro |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (12) |
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Why New Cigars Get Married |
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156 | (3) |
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The Three-Month Wedding Night |
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159 | (2) |
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Gotta Crush That Bug Right Outta My 'Gar! |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (5) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Boxed and Ready to Travel |
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164 | (3) |
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Part 3: Where Cigars Grow Up |
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167 | (58) |
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I Was Born in a Log Cabin ... |
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169 | (12) |
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Native Smokes: Close, but No Cigar |
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171 | (2) |
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``This Is Better Than Gold!'' |
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173 | (2) |
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Aging: It Worked for Wine |
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175 | (6) |
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What Tobacco Learned from Wine |
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176 | (1) |
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Tobacco Farming: Getting Your Hands Dirty |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (8) |
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You'd Be Amazed Where This Stuff Grows |
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182 | (1) |
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Tobacco in Europe's Backyard |
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183 | (2) |
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The World's Most Sensitive Crops |
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185 | (1) |
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Why Cigar Leaf Is Different |
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186 | (1) |
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Change the Conditions, Change the Taste |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (12) |
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The Care and Feeding of Baby Tobacco |
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190 | (3) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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Mold and Pestilence at Play in the Fields of Tobacco |
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193 | (3) |
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The Beetles: Live on Stage |
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194 | (1) |
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Mold: Good in Blue Cheese, Bad on Tobacco |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (5) |
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Fermentation: Sweating the Small Stuff |
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201 | (16) |
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202 | (2) |
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Can a Leaf Make the Grade? |
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204 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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Sorting Leaves by Texture |
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205 | (1) |
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Sorting Leaves by Appearance |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (5) |
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A Tobacco-Leaf Striptease |
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211 | (1) |
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Baling Out: Putting Tobacco to Rest |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (3) |
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Making a Home for Your Cigars |
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217 | (8) |
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Gettin' Around the Tropics |
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218 | (1) |
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Blending in and Around the Caribbean |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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Making a Home for Your Cigars |
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220 | (5) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Just Right: The 70/70 Rule |
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222 | (3) |
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Part 4: Adding to Your Enjoyment |
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225 | (66) |
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Keeping Your Stogies Fresh |
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227 | (24) |
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Top Reasons for Stashing Stogies |
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228 | (1) |
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Humidors: From Palaces to Plastic Bags |
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229 | (12) |
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Cigar-Shop, Restaurant, and Cigar-Club Lockers |
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230 | (2) |
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Zip-Seal Bags and Vacuum Sealers |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (3) |
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How Do I Keep These Things Moist? |
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241 | (3) |
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244 | (1) |
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Better with Age: Aging Your Cigars |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (5) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (4) |
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251 | (12) |
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Shorties: The Quickie Smoke That Satisfies |
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252 | (2) |
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Big Cigar Taste, Small Package |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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Cigarillos: A Cigar of Sorts |
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255 | (4) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (2) |
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A Rainbow of Fruity Flavor |
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259 | (1) |
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A Cigar and a Drink All in One |
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260 | (1) |
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X-Smokes: Herbs, Berries, 'n' Roots |
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261 | (2) |
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Baubles, Bangles, and Bands: Cigar Stuff |
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263 | (10) |
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264 | (1) |
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The Cigar Box as an Advertisement |
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265 | (2) |
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Humidors: The Fancy Stuff |
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267 | (1) |
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Collectible Cigar Curiosities |
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267 | (4) |
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Modern Smoking Collectibles |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (18) |
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274 | (2) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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A Funky, Earthy Taste with a Hint of Berries? Not! |
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276 | (2) |
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277 | (1) |
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How to ``Taste'' Your Cigar's Aroma |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (3) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (10) |
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Appearance and Presentation |
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282 | (2) |
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Lighting and Burning Properties |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (2) |
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Comments and Final Scoring |
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287 | (4) |
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Part 5: Eat, Drink, Smoke, and Be Merry |
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291 | (34) |
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Where, When, and How to Smoke |
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293 | (14) |
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You Can't Tell the Brand Without a Band |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (4) |
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A Study in Shrunken Ashtrays |
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295 | (1) |
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The Attack of Old Cigar Butt |
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296 | (1) |
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Treatment for the Unfinished Cigar |
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296 | (1) |
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The Case of the Smoldering Stogie |
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297 | (1) |
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297 | (2) |
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The Split-Wrapper Syndrome |
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299 | (1) |
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``Put Out That Smelly Cigar!'' |
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299 | (3) |
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Smoking on the Home Front |
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302 | (2) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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304 | (3) |
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A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Cigars |
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307 | (18) |
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307 | (2) |
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The Cigar as a Dinner Companion |
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309 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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Fortified Wine Has Muscle |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (5) |
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317 | (1) |
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Scotch Whiskies and Bourbon Whiskies |
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317 | (2) |
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Distilled Spirits, Liqueurs, and Mixed Drinks |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (2) |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (2) |
| Cigar Speak Glossary |
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325 | (8) |
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Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta