41.   Regardless of the statistics, Jim Brulte, the Senate Republican leader from Rancho Cucamonga, said it is the Democrats who are blowing smoke, not the Republicans.

42.   Red Auerbach blew smoke in the direction of the man sitting to his right, then turned to his left and graciously offered Joanne Pitino a cigar.

43.   Rice may be blowing some smoke on that one.

44.   Schottenheimer is not just blowing smoke to build up an opponent that his club plays at noon today at Arrowhead Stadium.

45.   She dutifully turned in her seat, bent her arm back, twisted her neck and blew the smoke sideways.

46.   Since negotiations began about eight months ago, Morales has said he thought the tobacco industry was just blowing smoke when it came to a settlement.

47.   Texas got a break over the weekend when winds from the north blew the smoke back over the Gulf of Mexico.

48.   The man can look evil by simply blowing smoke and raising an eyebrow.

49.   The Philip Morris spokesman blew smoke all over the place.

50.   The smoke was being blown by a succession of network executives selling the notion that they were faring brilliantly, despite ratings evidence to the contrary.