Word: sinker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HYPE, it's a fad, it's a fashion, but every year I fall for it, hook, line and sinker...
...giving up the Spanish language and Hispanic cultural traditions, is even desirable. Says Daniel Villanueva, a former field-goal kicker for the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams who is now general manager of KMEX in Los Angeles, a Spanish-language TV station: "I bought hook, line and sinker the myth that said you had to give up your culture to assimilate." Now, he says, he shares "a new mentality that says you can take the beautiful parts of the Hispanic culture and you can take the drive and aggressiveness from the Anglo culture." Nonetheless, social assimilation of a sort...
...fields and slums all over the country; the disparity between the rich and the poor moved these Americans to action. Told that in Russia there was no discrimination, no poverty, and total equality, they adopted the communist country as their living model, accepting it book, line and sinker...
...should take this into account in our dealings with them. And we most certainly should not fall for Soviet propaganda designed not so much to fool westerners, but to keep their own citizens wholly misinformed. That Mr. Louis and others have fallen for it hook, line and sinker is not testament to Soviet cunning, but to the incredible aptitude for self-delusion that is so apparent among unilateral disarmers. Eric Stockel...
...eyes make it silly to ask if pitching is still fun for him, but he answers anyway. "It's more complicated than fun," he says, "more sophisticated than that. But fun, yes. I brought my slider out of the closet today, and I've been moving my sinker in and away. I feel good. There are puzzles to work out, but it's enjoyable work." He is a devotee of puzzles, particularly the crosswords in the New York Times, and has come across himself on occasion. "Bench's battery-mate." He lets out a laugh...