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...York the Vanity Fair piece stung the tabloids by portraying the Manhattan press corps as a bunch of cowering wusses afraid to follow up gossip that the mayor was having an affair with his communications director. The city's tabloids rose to the bait, producing three days of buzz about the state of Hizzoner's marriage and alleged philandering before it dawned on them that perhaps the reason no detailed story had appeared earlier was because there wasn't one: the principals weren't talking, and no one else was in a position to really know. The old excuse used...
...generation chip Pentium II. And the day of Digital's suit, microprocessor upstart Cyrix quietly filed its own patent-infringement claim against Intel. Digital followed a day later with full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and San Jose Mercury News. Wall Street took the bait, wrist slapping Intel's soaring stock down $6 and backslapping Digital up $2 in the belief that the microchip David wouldn't rile Goliath unless it had a really, really good case...
...Schapers share her rage. "We were betrayed by the U.S. Army, and I will feel that way for the rest of my life," Arthur Schaper says. "These people are supposed to follow certain standards, instead of hiding behind their uniforms." Or using them as brass-buttoned date bait...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Another chapter in the White House as Motel 6 story broke Tuesday with a newly released internal memo that showed President Clinton eagerly approving a recommendation to use Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers as bait to encourage big Democratic donors. Clinton?s handwritten note was prompted by a memo from Clinton-Gore finance chairman Terence McAuliffe identifying ways to pursue10 prominent contributors, including recommending that they be treated to Presidential face time at breakfasts, lunches, coffees or other outings. "Yes, pursue all 3 and promptly -- and get other names of the 100,000 or more," Clinton wrote back, apparently asking...
Apparently the hunters who use bait to lure game into an ambush don't know the definition of hunting. It is the pursuit of game; the bears are not supposed to come to the hunters. If the "long hours and exhausting effort" required are too much for these mighty woodsmen, they should take themselves to a shooting gallery--although the targets are rather small. MARY KRESIN New York City...