Word: baits
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Some homeowners have put out poisoned blue pellets on their own - a real no-no, says Mills, since dogs, cats and small children often mistakenly eat the poison. It's much safer to get bait boxes, which are anchored in place and contain poison, which only rats can get to. Even so, it makes no sense to put out poison if you don't also tidy up your garbage, since rats will ignore baited food in favor of tastier leftovers...
...snarky tone towards the mainstream media ("Blogs are turning this notion of an elite, degreed priesthood of journalists on its head"), a tone that blogs do particularly well. But this book is so useful that this card-carrying member of the "dinosaur media" is not going to take the bait. The HuffPosters capture all of the excitement of the blogosphere, enabling the would-be blogger to take a confident step online. It does a fine job of explaining blog vocabulary (CAPTCHA; commenter; troll; vlog), as well as various means of measuring traffic (hits, page views, unique visitors). Surprisingly, the book...
...given marking kits, paid for either by the company or out of government funds. Windows and street furniture in the area are then plastered with the SmartWater logo and the local media are roped in to help wage psychological warfare on local villains - typically, police will rig out a bait car with a spray to secure a headline conviction and make it known they will routinely scan suspects arrested for any reason. Last December, police in Peterborough sent greeting cards to convicted thieves to let them know that their next crime could leave them "glowing like a Christmas tree...
...assistant professor in fall 2005.The History department hired Trygve Van Regenmorter Throntveit ’01 as a lecturer after most of his dissertation committee retired or decided to take time off. “I pitched a few classes to them, and I guess they took the bait,” he says. Apart from a year taken off before his PhD—which he completed at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences—Throntveit has been at Harvard for 11 out of the past 12 years.For Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer...
...thought that John McCain’s attacks on Obama had backfired and had actually cost the Republican candidate support. When McCain attacked Obama’s experience in an effort to sway public opinion in his direction, “Obama didn’t take the bait,” Schwartz said, casting a negative light on McCain’s campaign. The two candidates’ approaches to engaging the public were also drastically different, Schwartz said. While Obama’s platform centered around the mantra of “We can fight together...