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Dressler said this phenomenon is similar to being able to read a string of letters such as "I saw a cat" divided differently into "Is aw ac at." In this example, as in most sentences and genetic sequences, the alternative reading is nonsense...
...former slave named Andrew Boone described how runaways were beaten: first with a "cobbin" paddle with 40 holes in it to raise blisters, then with a cat-o'-nine-tails. "When de whippin' wit de paddle was over, dey took de cat-o'-nine-tails and busted the blisters. By dis time de blood sometimes would be runnin' down deir heels. Den de next thing was a wash in salt water strong enough to hold up an egg." Then an ex-slave named Lindsey Faucette reported: "Marse never allowed us to be whipped . . . We worked...
...Touch Not the Cat, Stewart...
...Mass. Ave., Central Square, two dollars buys you a concert of British, Australian, Canadian and American songs and ballads given by Priscilla Herdman and Deborah Saperstone. All the concert publicity says with an air of significance that it's "sponsored by Peter Johnson." This means Johnson will be eating cat food if no one shows up. The concert starts at 8:00 pm. 492-4680 for interesting stories about Johnson...
...Howard Duff, who was Sam Spade on the radio in the old days) arrives gut-shot at his door, dies in his arms, and Wells takes over the case his friend was working on. On its face, it is not much: Duff had been trying to recover a kidnaped cat for Lily Tomlin, who plays one of those self-consciously dizzy L.A. types who are simultaneously into talent management, psychoanalysis, Eastern religion and dealing-that is to say, anything going. It turns out that a lot more than a cat is missing, of course. Before the picture ends, several lives...