Word: baits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...memories. The recent concert here by the Harvard men bore out eloquently the praise given them in Boston and New York as one of the best male choruses in America. Now comes an invitation from the French Government to visit France and give several concerts there, with a further bait added to this honor in the statement that some of the leading French composers, Satie, Ravel and Auric, have signified their willingness to write special compositions for the Harvard singers...
...lead millions through the great power of his wealth, or they will tell an altogether different story. They will reveal that people will buy red ink with enthusiasm, devour the Sunday scandal supplement with gusto, and chuckle gleefully over the comic section but, having nibbled the lurid bait they will shy from the hook...
...real barter here is too imposing to miss. Visions of imported tweeds and cheviots fascinate the youthful mind, and not until the "nominal payment" is made does bitter realization dawn. Verify, there is one born every minute. And as time goes on, human ingenuity will invent other bait for the fish; may we not shortly have the privilege of hailing the affable bootlegger with his spurious case of champagne, Canadian Club or Chianti...