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...split expenses. Then, begoggled and suntan oiled, and supplied with rod, reel and heavy 24-thread line that experts would blush at using, he is lugged to Gulf Stream fishing spots. Captain or mate tutors him in the "drop back" sail-fishing technique (i.e., when a fish hits the bait with its bill as if to stun it, the fisherman counts slowly up to ten, then puts his reel in gear and hauls, back to set the hook...
...Platform. Perón's promises might be nothing but demagoguery, but some of the bait he held out was long overdue in Argentina and might well sound enchanting to ill-paid, overlooked masses. Perón's chief planks...
...considered opinion, have the effect of destroying the Army Air Forces in the most critical period of its history." The Navy was equally concerned that morale in the fleet air arm would be shattered. Top-brass airmen frankly regarded flight pay as "one of the best pieces of bait we have on the hook for young flyers...
...would act only in an advisory capacity to his party. The Moslem League's president, Mohamed AH Jinnah, pledged cooperation. But some Indian nationalists sniffed the British plan cautiously. The Bombay Chronicle suspected that the 1,200 Indian political prisoners still in jail were being used as "bait" to lure Congress leaders into acceptance of the proposed Executive Council. But generally it was believed that Britain's offer would not be rejected...
...often, Columnist O'Donnell was in for a disappointment. By week's end, few Catholic newspapers had risen to the bait. In Washington, the Rev. Dr. Edgar Schmiedeler, a Catholic welfare official, promptly issued a widely-syndicated press statement: "I think some of Mrs. Roosevelt's remarks are tantamount-unwittingly so, of course-to a decided disservice to the country. . . ." In Boston, the usually aggressive Pilot was quite calm: "Read carefully, read very carefully, Mrs. Roosevelt's statement might pass muster. Possibly it's correct that we should encourage 'really good families,' rather...