Word: baits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believing I would probably vote for it. I'm a strong advocate of free trade but, after reading it, I'm going to vote against it," Sen. Hank Brown (R.-Colo.) told reporters after taking up a Nader challenge to take his "GATT Quiz." Brown eagerly took Nader's bait and changed his vote as a result.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...Silver's repartee is only emotional bait for his favorite technique shock. One wishes he had more confidence in his comedy to deliver his messages instead. Insofar as Pterodactyls is billed as a dark comedy, the comedy cannot be ignored, but by the end of the play you may forget it ever made you laugh...
...Hillary, and chief health-care aide Ira Magaziner off the case-- at least officially. White House officials now say Robert Rubin, the National Economic Council chair, and domestic policy aide Carol Rasco will spearhead the effort to craft a new bill. While the move might seem like a cosmetic bait-and-switch to divert Hillary Clinton's critics, TIME health care writerJanice Castrosays it's a major shift. The next bill, she says, will try to control rising health-care costs, rather than expand coverage for all, and include an up-front funding plan. "Giving Robert Rubin a larger role...
Richards may have hoped to bait Bush, who is known as thin-skinned, into a similarly disastrous gaffe; she has goaded him by crediting his business successes to "his daddy's friends," calling him "that young Bush boy" and once, a "jerk." Yet Bush has stayed calm, politely staking out positions to her right on crime, welfare and the size of government. Against this, Richards, who is said to genuinely dislike Bush, appears adrift. Says Austin political consultant Bill Miller, who has worked for both parties: "Ann Richards is in serious trouble. Bush is taking the fight...
What's the deal? Either fish or cut bait, guys. It's enough that we should have to put up with lost seasons because you want a salary cap. But to hypocritically circumvent it, well, that's just...