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...special occasions. To get news from the Soviet zone, the Western newsmen are forced to rely on 1) Soviet-controlled German newspapers, 2) the Soviet-licensed German news agency, 3) clandestine sources. Knowing this, the propaganda-wise Russians sometimes plant phony stories, wait until Western newsmen swallow the Soviet bait, then denounce their "mendacity...
...takes bits of ripe, strong Gorgonzola, wraps them in cloth and buries them in the earth. When the odor has seeped through the soil, he leads his dog within range. After many tries, the dog gets the idea and smells out the Gorgonzola. When he digs up the bait, the trainer pats him and feeds him a rewarding biscuit...
...crucial fight was for the governorship with its control of 40,000 state jobs. Judge Fine, longtime boss of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), was heavily attacked by Grundymen who called him "a cardboard candidate," "Little Sir Echo," and a "political judge" who winked at gambling. Grundy set out a bait for undecided voters by backing retired Philadelphia Banker Jay Cooke, who insisted he was an independent. Duff met the challenge headon. "Cooke is no more independent of the old guard than the thumb on Grundy's right hand," snorted Duff. "I would prefer to be defeated than...
...supermarkets a housewife can check her arm-filling purchases, then move on to other shops, her arms free for more parcels. When she is finished she picks up her groceries at a kiosk in the parking lot. Even the tenants in the office building are used as customer bait: Northgate is leasing space mostly to doctors, dentists and real-estate salesmen. Rex Allison figures that they will attract crowds of shoppers every...
...corner, equipped with crayons, colored paper, and a rattle, keeps babies busy while they wait to be examined. When the doctor is ready, a nurse lures the child away from his play with the promise of lollypops just around the corner, indeed right inside the doctor's office. The bait has been so successful that lollypops have won infant praise for the Mount Auburn Street project: each patient leaves licking, and liking pediatric study...