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...lifetime preparing for his dictionary. The crotchety son of a hotelkeeper in Toucy, he moved to the Paris Latin Quarter just so he could study. Each morning for eight years, he would emerge from his dingy room, make a tour of lectures at the Sorbonne, the Collège de France, the Observatory, and then, after 6, retire to the library to study some more. After a stint of teaching, he began writing textbooks on Latin, Greek, and French grammar, finally hit upon the idea of a dictionary-encyclopedia. Crouched behind his desk, he worked 16 hours...
...recent gathering of the clergy of Toulouse, peppery, 83-year-old Cardinal Saliège pointed a blunt finger at a group of young priests sitting in the back of the room. "Nous vous avons à l'oeil, mes gaillards [We're keeping an eye on you, my lads]!" he warned them...
...fall of 1946 a "guinea pig" group of freshmen and some upperclassmen, along with a few Radcliffe girls tried out the projected GE program. The program proved successful and in 1949 the freshman class was required to take one GE course. In 1950 the freshmen were required to take two courses and in 1951 the full three, spread out over their first two years...
Reporter Cahn was still not satisfied. He persuaded the Denver Post to hire him to investigate further. Cahn came across Herman Flader, a Denver grain man and industrialist who said he had dealings with Newton and Ge Bauer in 1949. For $34,000, said Flader. they sold him an interest in three "Doodlebugs," radio-size machines covered with dials and bulbs that lighted up when a Doodlebug detected a well...
Reporter Cahn took the results of his investigation to the police and FBI. Ge Bauer and Newton were quickly picked up and released on bail to await trial for fraud. When police examined a Doodlebug, they found no plutonium, no delicate electronic mechanism. The Doodlebug was just a piece of war-surplus radio equipment that could be bought for $3.50. There had been one slight" change; flashlight batteries had been installed to light up the bulbs when the knobs were turned...