Word: baits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CHARITY is all sincerity, one of those few foolish females who don't know that honesty may be the worst policy. In an inventively staged musical, GwenVerdon is a dance-hall doxy who is too direct to be devious, then wonders why she can t find the best bait to hook...
...sincerity, one of those few and foolish women who don't know that honesty may be the worst policy. In an inventively staged musical, Gwen Verdon is a dance-hall doxy who is too direct to be devious, then wonders why she can't find the best bait to hook...
...possibility that Secretary of State Rusk, suffering from fatigue and financial strain, may in time decide to step down. Johnson's first choice for Ball's job, and a possible successor to Rusk, was Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford, a former aide of Harry Truman. The bait was rejected by Clifford and other prospects. So L.B.J. decided to worry about Rusk's successor later, settled on the Attorney General...
Under the circumstances, it is no surprise that students have little incentive to study, find it more interesting to organize riots or bait their professors. At many schools, students can take exams over and over until they manage to pass. Even so, the number who bother to graduate is amazingly small. Of the 1,184 science students at San Marcos last year, only 22 took their degrees-at a cost per graduate of $14,000. Too often, those who do graduate are not the kind of specialists that underdeveloped nations need most. Although Argentina's major industry is agriculture...
...tossed from the boat was devoured by a school of piranhas in 15 minutes. When the local people wish to drive cattle across these rivers, they sacrifice the oldest cow, driving it into the river first as bait. While the attention of the piranhas is focused on consuming that animal, the rest of the cattle cross in relative safety a few feet upstream. It is not difficult to see how, given the proper opportunity, a school of piranhas could devour a human being...