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...same sort of differences exist, said Von Frisch, in interpreting the other basic dance steps-the "round dance," conducted without posterial shimmying, and the "sickle dance." a semicircular pattern accompanied by a slightly wagging rear end-that locate the pollen. Moreover, he added, when an individually marked bee of a primitive species was introduced into the hive of an Apis mellifera, the breakdown of communication was almost complete...
...plane that shot them down was a MIG-type fighter that opened fire from the rear without warning. The U.S. airmen "returned the fire with the RB-47's two remote-control, radar-directed...
...faced, Home politely asked for help from Rear Admiral Christopher Bonham Carter, Philip's treasurer, and Sir Michael Adeane, Elizabeth's secretary. Firing simultaneously, Bonham Carter and Adeane dropped the tiger in its tracks-while Home missed once more. Said Lord Home: "I only wish Prince Philip could have done the shooting. I've never ridden an elephant before, never seen a tiger outside the zoo. I thought I'd never hit the thing in a hundred years the way it was rushing backwards and forwards...
BIGGER VOLKSWAGEN will go on sale next fall. The car, which resembles U.S. compacts, is 6 in. longer overall than the current Volkswagen, will have a larger, air-cooled, four-cylinder rear engine, come in station-wagon and two-door models. Volkswagen says it will not be sold in the U.S. Sedan price in Germany: $1,600 v. $1,150 for the current model...
Perhaps too willing to please, Schuster is nervous and gentle, the kind of individual one could never hate, but readily become impatient with. When no one is in the gallery, he works by himself in a small frame shop in the rear--"You wouldn't want to sit around doing nothing all day." A considerable portion of his business derives from this task, a fact which follows logically from the present quality of his objects d'art. Proud of his framing work, he says "it's amazing how much bad taste you'll find around in framing; nothing hurts...