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...arrived in Paris, Naundorff was a down-at-heel beggar. But he found an important champion. The lost Dauphin's old governess had come to scoff at the beggar's claims, but when she saw his prominent front teeth, the triangular vaccination on his arm and the pigeon-shaped mole of Louis Bourbon on Naundorff's thigh, she became convinced that he was the Dauphin. Naundorff even had a scar on his upper lip like that which the imprisoned Dauphin had got from the bite of an angry rabbit; the Dauphin had screamed...
Besides the annual pigeon hunt through the Stadium press box, several other jobs have been completed or started during the summer. Bulldozers are now levelling off an area which will probably be used for more House football fields, and increased lighting facilities have been added to the varsity practice enclosure adjacent to the Stadium. Three sets of floodlights have been set up opposite the Stadium and three more sets of bulbs have been installed on the outside of the Stadium itself...
Besides the annual pigeon hunt through the Stadium press box, several other jobs have been completed or started during the summer. Bulldozers are now levelling off an area which will probably be used for more House football fields, and increased lighting, facilities have been added to the varsity practice enclosure adjacent to the Stadium. Three sets of floodlights have been set up opposite the Stadium and three more sets of bulbs have been installed on the outside of the Stadium itself...
...luxury liner's departure for a 30-day pleasure cruise of the Mediterranean. When the convoy weighed anchor in Japan, wives & children waved goodbye from the shore and a brass band cheerily blared Anchors' Aweigh. On the fantail of the fleet's flagship, an impromptu clay pigeon shoot was organized...
Stretch-Out. Dr. Skinner also exploited pigeons. By subtle and gradual application of the "stretch-out," he forced one pigeon to peck 35,000 times in a five-hour period for only one-third of an ounce of food. "This," explains Professor Skinner, "is similar to offering an incentive to a wage earner. A high output can be obtained with very little pay if the schedule of payoff is right...