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Fenway Park was supposed to be (yes, I'll take the bait) a field of dreams. I don't care where you come from; if you're a baseball fan you've seen more pictures of that Green Monster than of any other ball park feature, save Wrigley's ivied walls...

Author: By Nancy E. Greene, | Title: Oriole Magic At Home | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

...them. Once a company possesses a caller's name and address, it can dig up even more by linking with hundreds of data banks that also have the name on file. A phone number alone is so valuable to telemarketers that some companies advertise free phone-information lines as bait to gather numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assaulting Our Privacy: Nowhere to Hide | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

...They have a lot of bait," said Suleiman, "Harvard hasn't been able to match what Duke...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Harvard Offers Tenure to Schor | 10/29/1991 | See Source »

Civilians can buy similar products from electronics companies. GPS receivers steer boaters around dangerous reefs, track schools of bait for fishermen and help pilots avoid midair collisions. The price of a receiver -- $1,500 to $3,800 -- is steep for Scout troops but falling rapidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask A Satellite For Directions | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...step in the right direction might be centralizing regional taxation authority in a democratic body with decidedly disproportional representation, with center dwellers counting more. It would force the suburbanites to fish or cut bait. They will either head all the way to the sticks or return to the Big City, if only to get their fraction of a vote back. (Step 1: A Miracle Happens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Escape | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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