Word: counterploy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ploy & Counterploy. Publishing an English-language paper in Thailand, Berrigan frequently has to carry the World, Atlas-like, on his back. His 43 Thai compositors handset every word of the ten-page paper, and since they speak no English, regularly speckle the World with gaudy and sometimes bawdy typos. His general manager is a converted taxi driver; his star photographer was once his houseboy. Worst of all. most of Berrigan's Thai reporters cannot write English. After they cover a story, Berrigan has to debrief them in a game of delicate ploy and diffident counterploy. Sample...
During the Victorian championships last week, Shields had every reason to congratulate himself on his counterploy. His pickup doubles team of veteran (30) Ted Schroeder and young (21) Tony Trabert was looking better than ever. A fortnight ago, the U.S. pair was within a game of beating the invincible Aussie combination of Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, U.S. and Wimbledon champions. Last week at Melbourne, with the top Aussies separated in a Gamesmanlike experiment by Hopman, Schroeder and Trabert breezed to the title in straight sets...