Creative License

THE GRAND GOTHIC HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has been designated a smoke-free zone, from the basement to the executive suites on the 24th floor . . .with one exception: the ramshackle cubbyhole on the fourth floor, where numero uno columnist MIKE ROYKO bats out his prose.

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