21.   These days, mere electric lights and giant smoke rings can no more dazzle outlanders than a steel ball hitting a bumper can quicken the blood of the young.

22.   To owner Ron Newman, a rib without a smoke ring might as well be a McRib sandwich.

23.   When he was alone or talking to other people, he took secret pleasure in letting smoke rings drift through his mind.

24.   When a hidden mechanism in the base is activated, the general raises a hand with a cigar and exhales perfect smoke rings.

25.   Yet many people mistake a smoke ring for raw meat.

26.   Kids in the latest fashions linger in front of the complex, some blowing smoke rings.

27.   Tengku Ahmad, an old hand at it, blew smoke rings.