1.   And the final hug was not for his clipboard, but for Jamir Miller, who puffed on a victory cigar.

2.   Armstrong lighited a victory cigar the size of a sequoia -- a gift from a fellow offensive lineman, Eugene Chung.

3.   But, just for the sake of his boss, Jackson lit up a victory cigar anyway.

4.   By the time that one came out of the pile, the union director Simon Gourdine could have been smoking a victory cigar.

5.   He had a victory cigar in his left hand and his right arm wrapped around his wife, Melanie.

6.   He offered no comment as to whether it was a victory cigar.

7.   He waited to light his victory cigar in private, when he got home to Long Island and had dinner with Selma.

8.   His son, Michael, lit a victory cigar.

9.   Maybe it was years of watching Red Auerbach light victory cigars, or watching Larry Bird and Kevin McHale win championships.

10.   McCurry jubilantly summarized the overnight operation with a flourish, reporting that the president and Lake lit up victory cigars in the early morning dark on the Truman balcony.