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...aches and pains in the form of early morn exercises, courtesy of the athletic department, and dismayed Messrs. Sinberg and Lifschultz of "left side first" notoriety. Combining a fanatical desire and his bull strength, Kevin "the Bull" O'Donnell makes mad tracks daily for the nearest available pigeon, who is innocently getting his own and winds up on the procurement...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: *The Lucky Bag* | 3/27/1945 | See Source »

...elevator shaft; an actress (Andrea King) who will help or betray anyone to keep herself safe; a handsome anti-fascist fugitive (Helmut Dantine) who gets help from her, and kills her when he can no longer trust her; a scientist (Peter Lorre) demoralized by Nazi torture; a stool pigeon (Faye Emerson) and an aviator (Kurt Kreuger) who discovers that Miss Emerson's lover is a Jew. Best scene: General Massey, interrupted at his shaving, trying to accept fatal news with dignity when his face is covered with lather. Best performance: that of Helene Thimig, wife of the late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 26, 1945 | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...distant abode of a grateful damsel, bade her a quick adieu, and then disappeared into the stealth of the mushy--by virtue of the weather--night. For such valor, above and beyond the call of chivalry, we nominate James Tillotson, the man of Brown, for the coveted title, "Pigeon of the Week...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 1/16/1945 | See Source »

Doctors think that pigeons may explain many cases of hitherto unexplained virus pneumonia. But so far no one has recommended shooting all the pigeons in City Hall Park-possibly because if the pigeon ornithosis were really serious everyone would have been dead long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ornithosis | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

...about the same, maybe a little better in Lansing. But should my Kansas friend decide his penitentiary was not well run, and express the hope that there might be a change of wardens, he would run no danger of being shot if he were overheard, by a stool pigeon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Red on White | 12/18/1944 | See Source »

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