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Worst aspect is that more and more of the victims are gullible citizens of underdeveloped countries. Thirsting for status-by-schooling, they assume that any U.S. school advertising itself abroad is Government-approved. They save their coppers, lunge at the bait and get hooked. Result: the prestige of genuine U.S. degrees is falling; some countries refuse to recognize any but those of famed institutions...
...would Oscar think of using bait ("Them's use bait, they're stink fishermen...
...they rise to the bait, Actor Gielgud and Actress Leighton also rise to the top of their bents. At sparring they are perfectly matched, at witty detail brilliantly mated. If added tribute goes to Actress Leighton, it is for a certain marvelously sustained manner: she is all hoity-toity airiness and verve. Though the rest of the production, barring George Rose's lively Dogberry, is much of a piece with the rest of the play, both are well worth putting up with for the sake of the stars...
...shocked to find a person of your eminence unleashing such an ill-timed and sloppily thought-out barrage against the Cambridge Drama Festival's tenancy this summer of the new, State-constructed Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (MeBAC); and I was surprised to see Mr. Durgin rising to your bait...
...tooth." Hearing about the remark, Nixon "forced a disbelieving smile and muttered something to himself." Later, Ike seemed to try to postpone a decision; reports Mazo: "Nixon stiffened and said sternly, 'There comes a time in a man's life when he has to fish or cut bait.' (Actually, his words were stronger.)" Even Tom Dewey, a Nixon supporter, urged him to withdraw. Yet Nixon went on to make his now-classic tide-turning defense speech-he threw in everything including St. Patrick, his children's dog Checkers, and Pat Nixon's good old Republican...