Word: pigeoning
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...have always felt that pigeons were fat and predatory birds, not above sneaking a peanut out from under an innocent squirrel to benefit their position in life. Anyone who has seen a group of pigeons strutting in front of a public building must realize that their motives are not entirely innocent; more than that, pigeons have not shown the same concern for their human masters as have other animals. When was the last time a pigeon rescued a small child from drowning? When was the last time a pigeon's cries awakend the prostrate occupants of a gas-filled room...
...only be doubly suspicious of the cooperation Professor Skinner is getting from his birds. A pigeon that can play ping-pong can certainly learn close-order drill; it is only a short step from that to organized rebellion. Buried in Professor Skinner's report is the note that at least one of his pigeons appeared on a window sill and virtually volunteered for the experiment; the word is obviously getting around. As far as we're concerned, pigeons exist solely to give monument cleaners a chance to earn an honest living. An educated pigeon will inevitably try to get something...
Professor Skinner has found that ordinary park pigeons make good subjects. He took one bird, in fact, right off his window sill; the pigeon can play ping-pong as well as the best of the breed...
...University is taking two steps which, when observed together, give it the appearance of having an acute case of pigeon toes. On the one foot, it is expending a large sum of money for a plaque commemorating our dead veterans of World War II; on the other, it is contemplating saving money by literally taking the roofs from over the heads of our living veterans...
...Navy certificate, even without its stool-pigeon phrase, is still an unfortunate document. The purpose of the certificate is to wood out "persons whose conduct or associations ... cast doubt upon their loyalty." It requires signers to detail their association with any of the Attorney General's 173 organizations, and says that this association "may be considered as establishing reasonable grounds for separation of personnel...