Word: bait
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Great Risks. Moreover, a top presidential aide claims that Carter's invitation to a summit "put the Russians in a position where they had to fish or cut bait on the question of strained relations." If the Russians were as upset as they claim, the aide reasoned, "it would seem to be time to sit down." Perhaps. But the fact that Carter publicly said he would welcome a meeting also gave Brezhnev a chance to rebuff a U.S. President while the world was watching...
...more on its mind than special effects. The two main characters, Schlumberger and Maelzel, lock themselves in a struggle as tense and potentially humiliating as a championship chess match. Maelzel tempts the malformed Schlumberger into his machinery by using Louise Rouault, the wife of a mechanic-assistant, as bait. Eventually, Louise disappears but Schlumberger remains. The Turk frees him from the fear of losing a match publicly and gives him the power to expose Maelzel at any time. For his part, Maelzel exploits Schlumberger's gift for his own profit and dreams of a truly automated player. Mountebank that...
Before his all-male dorm threw a party one weekend, he made 50 notices saying in big letters, "HARVARD PARTY," with the time and place underneath. He posted them at three different colleges for women. With the bait cast he eagerly anticipated the big night. The night of the party he put on his best Harvard rugby shirt and stood against a wall by the party's entrance. He stood there for a long time after the party had started. Tom came by after a while and Walter asked jokingly, but really wanting to know, "Seen any cows...
...wasn't until I vaguely heard a spectator say "Look, that guy ain't even sweatin'" that I realized what I'd done. Dehydration. Heat stroke bait. A very unhealthy situation, especially with Heartbreak Hill looming ominously down the road...
...uninhabited and largely trackless terrain from Sanford, Fla., could not be reached by any land vehicle. The 25-mile trip was made by the chopper in 15 minutes. After landing at lakeside, we unloaded three inflatable rafts from the back of the H-H, pulled out the rods and bait, drew down a screened canopy to make an outside lounge, and were paddling on the lake within 30 minutes...