Word: pigeon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Louisiana publishers convened, deliberated. Publishers all over the country expressed shocked surprise, indignation. Analysis of the House membership indicated that if the legislation ever left the Ways & Means Committee's pigeon holes it would be defeated on the floor. When questioned, Governor Long denied all knowledge of the affair, suggested that the bills might have been instigated by "the billboard interests...
...Hawk & Pigeon...
...sparrowhawk started to chase a carrier pigeon across the Atlantic last week. When 500 miles out they met the Cunarder Caronia, both were contented to alight, to be put in a single cage where they completed their crossing in avian amiability...
...whole roast pigeon...
...crowd roaring, the Midget showed a new trick: breaking a wild flurry he would stand stock still, holding his left hand high until Black Bill led at it, then whacking his right across; he caught Bill in the air coming off the ropes as a trapshooter catches a clay pigeon; he reached down, took hold of the rope, pulled this way and that for quick turns; he pressed both gloves against his own stomach like a waiter making a bow, then flashed them up in furious rataplans to Black Bill's stomach and head. He won the championship...