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...Enlai; he conferred privately with Molotov, warning him with the air of a man who would never do such a thing himself that if the Communists asked for too much, the U.S. might get mad and make Indo-China another "Korea." He seemed willing to nibble at the smallest bait. British trade delegations flew in to confer with Chou En-lai about increased British-Chinese trade, and the Foreign Office announced happily that the Chinese had agreed to let some British businessmen leave and allow others to come...
Automatic Excitement. What to do? Whom to trust? In Bogart the harried producer can find comfort. Bogie may bait and bully his betters, but he can act, and he is reliable. His name pulls at the box office. After his years in gangster parts, his appearance on the screen automatically seems to lend a story impact and excitement. Movie fans do not care a whit if he (unlike Jimmy Stewart and Gregory Peck) is killed during the course of a picture. Cab drivers, burglars and women admire him. And on top of all this, as an Academy-Award winner...
...thumb when handing out bulletins, or grasps a lady around the waist or by the arm in showing her to her pew. Expert Hosman's advice on how to get people to sit up front: don't give out the bulletin right away, but use it as "bait" to lure back-pew addicts down the aisle. Added Hosman: "Ushering is not a job for women." Reasons: their high heels slow them down; they can't open and close windows quietly, or carry out hefty brethren who become...
...Lease Broker George Greer loaf around simple cabins in sports shirts or old clothes, play gin rummy for 1? a point, kid each other about their waistlines, and fish for bream (pronounced "brim" in Texas, and a member of the sunfish family). With guides to bait the hooks and take off the fish, it is perhaps the most relaxing form of fishing in the world; Murchison likes it because it gives him time to think...
...luncheon period could only have seemed the briefest of respites-and then he returned to face more of Jenkins' hammering questions. Said the veteran Tennessee trial lawyer: "One other serious charge has been made against you, and that is, from time to time you offered up a bigger bait even than David Schine to this committee to let you alone, to wit, the Air Force or the Navy, it being alleged that you tried to divert this committee from the Army to the Air Force or the Navy. What do you say about that charge...