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...District of Columbia's National, many banks now waive service charges to win customers, figuring that the money they made on service will be more than equalled by new business. To win the community's approval, scores of banks have set up free community rooms for Boy Scout and P.T.A. meetings. Some also act as ticket brokers for plays or ball games; the Bank of Indiana in Gary books plane and hotel reservations anywhere in the world for its customers, has outdoor "walkup windows" to serve them. New York's Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. has started...
...face that can twinkle like a terrier's or crumple into bloodhoundish gloom at the first unkind word, Jack makes the most (once he's fired as a cop) of being Shirley's mec-the only pimp in Paris with the principles of an eagle scout...
When he thought he knew enough about the bees' talking dance. Dr. Esch rigged up an artificial bee and stuck it in a hive to repeat a dance that had been performed by a live scout bee. At the proper moment, a tiny loudspeaker emitted the proper recorded sounds. A ring of workers followed the performance with apparent interest, and Dr. Esch hoped that they would fly out of the hive to find the nectar described by the simulated scout...
Murdered Dummy. The workers did no such thing. After listening for a few seconds, one of them rushed over and furiously stabbed the dummy scout with her sting. Smelling the deathly odor of venom, the other bees withdrew. This ritual murder was repeated many times. Something was obviously wrong...
...little more research showed the cause of the stabbings. Dr. Esch had neglected the short, chirping beeps that sometimes followed the scout's drumming sounds. They are apparently made by one of the watching workers, and they mean "message understood." When the scout hears the beep, she is supposed to stop dancing so that the worker can come close to her and smell the odor of the nectar that she has found. Dr. Esch's artificial scout went right on dancing after the beep was sounded. This made the workers so suspicious that one of them stabbed...