Word: baits
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...election law is incorrect and should be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court before it sets the precedent of replacing unpopular candidates late in electoral cycles. While a replacement would be justified in the case of death or incapacitation, the Staff is wrong to legitimize such a politically motivated bait-and-switch on the grounds of “voter choice.” Democratic elections do not represent choice for the sake of choice, but rather voters acting upon informed choice; this is why, for example, states hold primaries. More importantly, democracy is based upon a strict adherence...
Many of her classmates at Harvard worked as lifeguards or camp counselors to make money when they were young. As a child, Chock caught crawfish (also known as crawdads, mudbloods and mudcritters) and sold them to local fishermen for bait...
...publicly claimed that they had a sexual encounter with Greene, who has been married for 31 years. Says Neil Steinberg, a rival columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times who has spent his career mocking Greene: "The defender of the purity of America [has] been using the newspaper as chick bait for 25 years...
...ambitious but self-conscious series becomes more than the sum of its affectations--flat line readings, characters with names like Mr. Smooth, precious tilted-camera shots to remind you how weird it all is. The producers (including writer-producer Ben Affleck) seem to want to use the contest as bait to draw viewers to a genuinely different kind of series. If they have a vision--not just a marketing gimmick built out of spare Twin Peaks parts--Push could even be worth watching for nothing. --By James Poniewozik
...disarmament and the repatriation of prisoners of war). Every indication suggests that this tactic will accomplish the purpose for which Saddam deployed it: to split the UN Security Council and prevent decisive action against the Iraqi regime. The French and the Russians, stained by Iraqi oil, have taken the bait and declared that a new resolution against Saddam is unnecessary. Germany will follow. Tony Blair has so far been stalwart, but there is no predicting how far he will bend to accommodate certain leftist members of his party...