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           Behindthebuildingwasthemodernskeet-shootingrangethathadbeenconstructedbyColonelCathcartfortheexclusiverecreationoftheofficersatGroupandatwhicheveryofficerandenlistedmanoncombatstatusnow,thankstoGeneralDreedle,hadtospendaminimumofeighthoursamonth.

           Yossarianshotskeet,butneverhitany.Applebyshotskeetandnevermissed.Yossarianwasasbadatshootingskeetashewasatgambling.Hecouldneverwinmoneygamblingeither.Evenwhenhecheatedhecouldn’twin,becausethepeoplehecheatedagainstwerealwaysbetteratcheatingtoo.Theseweretwodisappointmentstowhichhehadresignedhimself:hewouldneverbeaskeetshooter,andhewouldnevermakemoney.

           "Ittakesbrainsnottomakemoney,"ColonelCargillwroteinoneofthehomileticmemorandaheregularlypreparedforcirculationoverGeneralPeckem’ssignature."Anyfoolcanmakemoneythesedaysandmostofthemdo.Butwhataboutpeoplewithtalentandbrains?Name,forexample,onepoetwhomakesmoney."

           "T.S.Eliot,"ex-P.F.C.Wintergreensaidinhismail-sortingcubicleatTwenty-seventhAirForceHeadquarters,andslammeddownthetelephonewithoutidentifyinghimself.

           ColonelCargill,inRome,wasperplexed.

           "Whowasit?"askedGeneralPeckem.

           "Idon’tknow,"ColonelCargillreplied.

           "Whatdidhewant?"

           "Idon’tknow."

           "Well,whatdidhesay?"

           "‘T.S.Eliot,’"ColonelCargillinformedhim.

           "What’sthat?"

           "‘T.S.Eliot,’"ColonelCargillrepeated.

           "Just‘T.S."

           "Yes,sir.

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