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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jerusalem cited ample military reasons for wanting Obeid out of action, claiming he has instigated dozens of attacks against Israel and the so-called security zone it maintains in Lebanon. But kidnaping is not the usual method of the Israelis. They may actually have wanted to acquire bait for a hostage swap. Two affiliate groups of Hizballah are believed to be holding three Israeli prisoners of war captured in 1986, two of them soldiers taken in the security zone and the third an air force navigator. Americans wonder if U.S. Lieut. Colonel William Higgins, head of the United Nations peacekeeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Bait for A Swap? | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...fishing for trout is an undemocratic sport. It takes intelligence and skill to learn, a healthy income to afford and plenty of free time to practice. Though bait fishermen scoff that snobs use flies as an excuse to keep worm and minnow goo off their hands, fly-fishermen approach the sport with an almost mystical reverence. Perhaps that's because learning to catch trout is a complex process bordering on religion. Yet it is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S., now embraced by nearly 500,000 fisherpeople...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Zen and The Art of Fly-Fishing | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

Starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday night, a plainclothes officer patrolled the building, Tempesta said. At about 12:45 a.m., "the fish went for the bait," he said. At that time, a man jumped out from between two cars upon seeing the officer, the spokeperson said...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Undercover Officer Nabs Suspect in Car Break-Ins | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

According to the Daily, demonstrators marched across campus chanting, "Print facts, not slander" and "Print the news, don't bait the Jews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Michigan Editorials Called Anti-Semitic | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

...entice the hackers to spend more time on the network, Stoll created a Trojan Horse of his own called "SDI Net," which documented fictitious military information. The hackers took the bait and spent more than two hours reading the material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Astronomer Breaks Spy Ring | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

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