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Oscar Hammerstein

How a tireless impresario parlayed a cloud of smoke into several fortunes

If you walk through the business districts of American cities these days, in even the worst of weather, you will see underdressed people huddled in doorways. No, they’re not homeless; they’re smokers.

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