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...final episode, an old man sits reading the Bible by the light of a solitary lamp. A young sharper (not the confidence-man) exposes the old man's imperfect faith by selling him a lock and a money belt, and giving him a counterfeit-detector as a bonus. The confidence-man gently chides the old fellow, "since in Providence, as in man, you and I equally put trust." "Let me extinguish this lamp," he says, and as he leads the old man off into the darkness, the confidence-man is no longer a smooth-talking Iago turned riverboat swindler...
...week, the checks completed, United Air Lines' Convair fleet was back in the air, and President W. A. Patterson found a fitting reward for the superb airmanship of flight 329's crew. To Captain E. W. Andreasen, 34, and Co-Pilot T. D. Boyle, 28, he handed bonus checks of $10,000 each; to Stewardess Pat Johnson, 28, he gave $2,500. He also added a postscript: United will pay the income taxes on the bonuses...
...team's buzzer, which instantly lights a bulb in the Manhattan studio (white for the champion team, red for the challenger) and automatically cuts off the impulse from the other team. If the answer is right, it earns ten points and gives the winners a chance at a bonus question worth from 15 to 50 points. If a team thinks it can anticipate a tossup question, it is free to interrupt Ludden before he finishes, but if the answer is incorrect, there is a five-point penalty.This can be demoralizing: last week Rutgers incorrectly anticipated the first question...
...announce a special bequest for an undergraduate herbarium on De Wolfe Street near Dunster House "in line with our policy of emphasizing the College." In the entertainment world, a soft-drink company will attempt to inveigle Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar to reunite for a 4,000,000 dollar bonus, on the condition that Caesar drastically change his last name...
...blazing 30-footer (another point). This brought his total points this year to 35 and his goals to 21-high for the league. Boom-Boom's 21st goal meant cash to him. His base pay is about $14,000, substantial for hockey; he got a $1,000 bonus for his 20th goal, and he gets an estimated $100 bonus for each goal after that...