Word: gamesmanship
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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...
...fiscal 1982 sales of over $60 million. Game designers now often rate royalty agreements giving them 1% of gross sales, and over at Activision, each game comes with a prominent credit ("conceived and designed by Bob Whitehead"), along with the designer's picture and some personal pointers on gamesmanship. Says Atari President Raymond Kassar, who is chauffeured to his office in a cream-colored Mercedes: "We've always treated our programmers as stars...
Harvard Coach Don Usher field formal complaints charging that tournament top-seed Connie Yowell used "gamesmanship and stalling" to fend off an upset bid by Crimson second-seed Erika Schulman in the second round of the Ivy League women's tennis tourney yesterday at Yale...