Word: bluffe
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...intricate world of Washington politics, however, bluff often works better than bluster. Compromise is the highest art form in the capital, and it is by no means clear whether Regan has the knack. The new chief of staff is typically confident. "My job," he says, "will be to see to it that we get the best compromise possible for the President or else recommend that he reject it." A Baker aide predicts a new way of doing business but the same positive results. "Baker thrived on interaction with a lot of people," he says. "Regan will rely on structure...
...next generation of youth. Of course, he warned, another mammoth company with only three letters was interested; that was NEC, the Nippon Electric Company. IBM eventually signed on. Ueberroth had wanted the American company, partly out of patriotic loyalty. But threatening to play the foreign card was no bluff. When Eastman Kodak complained bitterly that no photo company would pay $4 million for a sponsorship, Ueberroth unhesitatingly switched to Japan's Fuji Photo...
...survival. The Sandinistas made their choice long ago, and they decided not to respect conventions of international behavior. They gambled that the U.S. would be too paralyzed by the spectre of Vietnam, and by flimsy notions of law, to take appropriate action. Now that the Administration has called this bluff, the prospects facing Nicaragua are not pleasant ones. But as unfortunate as their miscalculation may be, it is hardly our placed to weep for these aggressive "victims." James Matthews...
...ally against the System, with Judd Hirsch as Evil Force I and Lee Grant as Evil Force 2. Hirsch is anti-typecast as a former idealist corrupted by the System, and it hampers his performance as a villain. Hirsch reeks of integrity, even while trying to lie, cheat, and bluff his away around Williams and Nolte, though the part of head witch suits Grant very nicely...
...triumphant Keverian last Thursday trotted out the names of his supporters, calling the bluff of McGee, who said he still controls a majority of the legislators, McGee has not produced the names of his supporters and has not challenged Keverian's list...