Word: pigeonly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...party, we try to go back to the 19th Century, or even to the 1920s, you can bury the Republican Party as the deadest pigeon in the country . . . What we ought to do is to stop bellyaching about the past . . . and start making it everlastingly clear to the country where we stand...
...murder last night on the steps of Widener Library a little after 7 p.m. Sergeant Toomey, who was forced to stand by helpless during the killing, described the assasin as "a two-tone brown owl, about 14 inches tall, weighing around 10 pounds." His victim was an unidentified gray pigeon...
...which Toomey said was "the most monstrous bird I've ever seen," was discovered clutching the inert body of the pigeon in its talons not far from the Chinese Memorial...
...three years and feels strongly that there is such a thing as overdoing tradition. On the other hand, his bell is certainly the most accurate by which to set your watch. The bell itself is housed in an immaculate white alcove under the spire, a strong contrast to the pigeon-besmirched campaniles of Memorial Hall and St. Paul's Cast in Loughborough, England in 1926 and presented to the University by an anonymous donor, it is inscribed "In Memory Of Voices That Are Hushed...
...down the killers in lawful and orderly fashion. Gambler Raft, like all shady characters, is faithful to a code which scorns help from a copper. They argue this difference of technique, in a friendly way, until Raft's enemies, seeing them together, conclude that Raft is playing stool pigeon. That puts him in real trouble. There are also two girls, Marilyn Maxwell and Gail Robbins; both are easy to look at and one turns out to be treacherous...