71.   Tequila is cashing in on the same, sudden elevation in status that sent nouveau connoisseurs flocking to single-malt scotches and Cuban cigars.

72.   The best of the fakes are medium-quality Cuban cigars that taste OK even to aficionados but pale next to the premium Habanos.

73.   The law forbids Americans to buy, sell or give away illegally imported Cuban cigars.

74.   The owners need to buy their Cuban cigars and Russian caviar.

75.   The RCMP discovered that stogies apparently made with floor sweepings from Cuban cigar factories were being sold as pricey Cohibas.

76.   The Soviet officer slipped him a box of Cuban cigars, a favorite cold-war treat for spies.

77.   The shop sells only Cuban cigars.

78.   The U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba means that Cuban cigars are forbidden even if purchased outside Cuba.

79.   There is only one legal way to bring Cuban cigars into the United States.

80.   There, cigar enthusiasts kibitz, play dominos and daydream of lifting the embargo on Cuban cigars.