Word: gamesmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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League organizers say that what may have started as gamesmanship to unnerve the other side simply got out of hand. Says one participant: "A certain dynamism took over. One party became very harsh, and the other side then said, 'All right, we'll do the same thing.' " Of the first dozen names submitted, the Democrats reportedly agreed to five, the Republicans to just one: James Wieghart, national political correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspapers and former editor of the New York Daily News. After rejecting another group proposed by the League, each campaign countered with suggested names...
...idea while campaigning for the large Jewish vote in that state's primary. In fact, the embassy question is generating much more heat in the U.S. than in Israel, where it is not a prominent political concern at the moment. Israeli leaders are somewhat bemused by the gamesmanship of U.S. politicians and anxious to avoid the swirl of American electoral politics...
Defense attorneys do not apologize for their work, pointing out that their clients are entitled to representation. And some do not hesitate to advocate a bare-knuckles kind of legal gamesmanship. If drivers have the choice, they should "take a urine test; it is notoriously unreliable," counsels Public Defender Richard Erwin of Ventura County, Calif., a member of the Continuing Education Seminars team...
Such partisan gamesmanship will not solve the budget problem. The alternative most likely to be considered in the Republican-run Senate will probably be similar to what Reagan had been willing to accept before the talks broke down, but with somewhat larger cuts in defense spending and no infringements at all on Social Security benefits. If such a bill did reach the House, Democrats might well try to scuttle Reagan's cherished 10% tax cut, and a veto could follow. "I think the President will have to veto a major piece of legislation just to settle this question once...
Saturday Usher accused Yowell of using "gamesmanship and stalling" to fend off an upset bid by Harvard's Erika Schulman. Yowell denied Usher's charges...