Word: baits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Breaking Off. At week's end the fall of the French government paralyzed all negotiations. But the Communists made clear that they were anxious to keep on talking, if only to blame the West for the impending break. They had their bait ready in military maps. Though political talks were deadlocked, the Communists might tempt a new French government to keep talking by yielding an acre here, a salient there, on the tried & true pattern of Panmunjom...
...Enlai; he conferred privately with Molotov, warning him with the air of a man who would never do such a thing himself that if the Communists asked for too much, the U.S. might get mad and make Indo-China another "Korea." He seemed willing to nibble at the smallest bait. British trade delegations flew in to confer with Chou En-lai about increased British-Chinese trade, and the Foreign Office announced happily that the Chinese had agreed to let some British businessmen leave and allow others to come...
Nonetheless, there were plenty of Britons with Red stars in their eyes who were ready to gobble the bait the Reds were offering. The bait: exit permits for twelve British businessmen who have been trying to get out for three years; permission for five British banks and firms to replace their managers in China. The Communists made no mention of some 350 other British nationals still waiting for exit visas. Nevertheless, British businessmen seemed ready to overlook such trifles...
...Bait. In Hartford, Conn., when he heard that the police were holding a package with his name on it, Construction Worker Sam Peay hurried down to the police station, soon found his "package": a warrant for his arrest on a reckless-driving charge...
Automatic Excitement. What to do? Whom to trust? In Bogart the harried producer can find comfort. Bogie may bait and bully his betters, but he can act, and he is reliable. His name pulls at the box office. After his years in gangster parts, his appearance on the screen automatically seems to lend a story impact and excitement. Movie fans do not care a whit if he (unlike Jimmy Stewart and Gregory Peck) is killed during the course of a picture. Cab drivers, burglars and women admire him. And on top of all this, as an Academy-Award winner...