Word: baits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...package of offensive-arms reductions that Reagan would be tempted to pursue the dream of a grand compromise that included some resolution on the Strategic Defense Initiative, rather than stick to the original U.S. goal of a medium-range-missile deal not linked to SDI. If Reagan accepted the bait, as he initially did, the Soviets would be in the catbird seat. Either Reagan would end up curtailing Star Wars, or he would emerge as the Grinch who stole Christmas, the man who dashed hopes for a radical breakthrough in arms control...
...media can belly-ache all it wants about deception by the White House. But, as the fisherman said, "It don't matter what bait you use if the fish ain't biting," and the fact remains that the press must be held responsible for the stories it chooses to print. Admittedly, the Administration acted wrongly and foolishly, but the press must share complicity in this public and foreign relations debacle...
...pieces covers every section of the nation. Among the subjects that have piqued his interest are the loon preservationists in New Hampshire, a restaurant in Barrow, Alaska, that is the only place to find Mexican food in the Arctic Circle, and an entrepreneur in Des Moines who sells live bait through vending machines...
...service. In fact, they had not done any such thing. Two months ago, the Miami- based retailer known as Teltec Savings Communications filed suit against AT&T for allegedly misappropriating customers and trying to "undermine" Teltec's business. Sprint and Western Union have also been charged with using bait-and- switch tactics, quoting one long-distance subscription rate to consumers, then charging another. Yet despite all those occurrences, FCC overseers claim the election process has been fair. Says Albert Halprin, chief of the FCC's common-carrier division: "The process was not perfect. But considering its size and scope...
...Mundus, 60, and Donnie Braddick, 30, had spotted a group of great whites feeding on the carcass of a whale about 25 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., and mobilized for battle. But the monster did not immediately abandon the whale in favor of the crew's whiting , and butterfish bait. "We were offering him a lollipop when he had the whole candy store," says Mundus. He turned the task of landing the shark over to Braddick because "I ain't no spring chicken"; after a two-hour struggle, the fish gave up. The next day thousands of locals and tourists...