Word: bait
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard men's swimming coach Joe Bernal's recruiting net, its bait sweetened by January's completion of Blodgett Pool and by the aquamen's outstanding record last season, has harvested a crop of freshmen fish rivaled in Harvard history only by 1977's record haul...
Later that month, Chairman Hua Kuo-feng jetted across three borders of the Soviet Union in what was seen as an attempt to bait the angry polar bear. But Hua's message was far more than simple anti-Sovietism. By proclaiming the reemergence of the People's Republic as a major actor on the international stage, he threw the ball back in the U.S. court. The question is now whether the U.S. will respond by developing a policy based on the significant Sino-U.S. ties that the PRC is attempting to create...
...Camp David agreements as they apply to the West Bank. The State Department is busy complying, even though one high U.S. official impatiently observed that the King was being "a bit precious." Syria's participation in any talks with Israel seems remote, but Congress provided a bit of bait by approving $90 million in foreign aid for Damascus if President Carter attests that the aid would help the peace process. Israel also contributed something. From Jerusalem came a calculated leak that Dayan had told his aides that "neither the Sinai nor the Golan Heights is part of our homeland...
Each year Harvard lures hundreds of freshmen to its lair, using as bait the promise of a chance to study in small groups with Nobel prize-winners, authors of great books and other academic luminaries...
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