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Birds in Hand. In Bogota, Colombia, teaching three parrots to say three phrases paid off for Leovigildo Perez when he found three would-be burglars standing in the patio of his house, their hands held high, while the birds screamed, "Hands up," "Don't move," "Whoever moves a step will be killed...
...Bella, organizer of the Biennale, tried to look pleased. Said he: "At the Biennale we even have Picasso's Soviet dove." Said Artist Perceval, sweating, after a long talk with the police: "The dove is not Soviet. It is just a poor little dove who lives in the patio of my home...
...suburban Menlo Park, with glass partitions, barbecue pits, foot-thick adobe walls, floors of Indian-made tile, beams, acres of gardens. The staff, who mostly moved with it, prepared to welcome 10,000 friends at an open house that included a barbecue in their plant's radiant-heated patio...
...home next day: "It is not true. I haven't seen Tom Neal and I don't want to see him. What's more, I'm gonna marry Franchot." Then Barbara stepped gingerly over Tom Neal's bar bells, still lying in her patio, and tripped off in high good humor. It all seemed to be working out in the best Hollywood tradition. Though the affair had cost her a leading part in a new picture, the publicity was making her such a drawing card that exhibitors from coast to coast were clamoring for prints...
...days & nights later. Tone was out and Neal was in. Neal spent the next month and a half lolling around Barbara's patio doing nip-ups with bar bells while Barbara gazed adoringly. The gallant Neal later told friends: "Barbara asked me to marry her. It wasn't the other way round. She said she was in love with...