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Word: baits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Loud voices in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill quickly shifted the focus of attention from alleged spying at the current U.S. embassy to the already well-known Soviet bugging of the still unfinished new embassy chancery. Why bait the public with the Marine case, then switch to the new facility? Because, says a top Reagan aide, both cases "are part and parcel of the same problem -- a breakdown, or lack of existence, of counterintelligence." Perhaps. But no one has suggested that Marine guards had anything to do with the bugging of the new embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holes in A Spy Scandal | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

Cabey has told a newspaper columnist the four were about to rob Goetz because he "looked like easy bait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Geotz Trial Opens Today in New York | 4/28/1987 | See Source »

...classy hotel he's ever stayed in. "I called room service and asked for a sandwich, and they sent me two prostitutes," he said. At least they didn't send him sushi, a trendy dish whose appeal Maher doesn't quite understand: "Sushi? It's not food--it's bait...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Square Life: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Democratic Party site-selection committee finally announced last week that Atlanta will be host to the 1988 Democratic National Convention. The city that Democratic Chairman Paul Kirk called the "hub, heart and capital of the South" offered the party $15 million in public and private funds as bait. The ^ choice also reflects the Democrats' renewed efforts to appeal to Southern voters, who unseated five Republican Senators last fall and who will play an important role in 1988 with a first-ever regional presidential primary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Democrats Look South | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Duck shoes, bait jackets and chamois shirts are harmless enough, but now the rugged outdoorsman can buy mail-order ammunition. By dialing a toll-free number in which the last four digits spell BANG, customers can order ammunition ranging in size from .22-cal. slugs to 458 Winchester Magnums, known as elephant bullets. Says Aaron Zelman, the company's owner: "It's just like the Penney's or Sears' catalog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAIL ORDER: Dial BANG For Ammo | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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