Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compressor wafts the scent of the dead rabbit down the pipe to Freddie's eager nose. Released, Freddie scuttles up the pipe in pursuit of the rabbit, and, simultaneously, lays the wiring. In one morning recently, Freddie laid wiring in 60 pipes, the longest of which was 130 ft. By hand, the job would have taken a human electrician a month, cost...
Follow That Nose. How does he get his news? Pearson's methods are essentially those of any crack reporter-with certain subtle refinements. "Good news," he says-using the term in its purely technical sense-"comes in two ways: 1) by accurate tips, diligently followed up; 2) by doping out a story for yourself, then confronting some knowing source with it to see if you're on the right track. Generally I just operate with a sense of smell: if something smells wrong, I go to work...
...example, Pearson's charges that Democratic Senator Elmer Thomas was speculating in commodity markets with inside government information finally got Republican Senator Homer Ferguson's investigating committee after Thomas. When Ferguson suddenly stopped investigating, Pearson's nose twitched, and off he went on the scent. Finally, last September, he sniffed out the story. The Merry-Go-Round ran an eye-opening letter from Thomas to Ferguson, threatening to denounce the Michigander for taking favors from big automen, unless he called off his investigation. Since neither Senator would want the note made public, where did Pearson...
...This brought Pearson his closest brush with physical violence. In the House restaurant, Texas' Congressman Nat Patton (no kin to the general) beerily waved a knife under Pearson's nose until Maury Maverick interceded and eased Pearson out of harm...
Actually, there are few injuries, Lamar pointed out, and the extent of these is usually a nose-bleed or a twisted hand that results from an improperly delivered blow...