Word: ploy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Apprehension & Exile. Ky decided on a subtle ploy. On the same day that he took off for Australia and New Zealand last month, he sent Co to Taiwan, ostensibly to attend a ceremony opening direct air service from Taipei to Saigon. The decision to dismiss Co had already been made at a meeting of the military Directory a few days before, and Ky did not want Co around Saigon to spark any possible retaliatory coup in his absence. When the news of Go's downfall broke in Saigon, both the Premier and his enemy were well clear...
Nevertheless, Eisenstadt's fund-raising dinner was large and successful. The committee of friends which sponsored it used an interesting ploy to insure its success. A week or two before the dinner Eisenstadt sent out invitations to each Boston Public School. The letters revealed that a certain number of places at the banquet had been reserved for school department personnel from that building. The committee explained that it took such steps because it knew that the employees would want to take part in the "wonderful evening of entertainment" planned -- nearly all the tickets were sold...
...lads who played for Brazil, however, had a pretty fair idea of how to hold a racket. And they may have worked a pretty good ploy on the U.S. too. As a tune-up for the Davis Cup competition, the Brazilian and U.S. teams played in last month's South American championships at Buenos Aires. The tournament was won by Texas' Cliff Richey, 19, the U.S.'s No. 3-ranked player-behind Dennis ("the Menace") Ralston and Arthur Ashe; in the process, Richey beat both of Brazil's Davis Cuppers, Thomaz Koch, 21, and Edison Mandarine...
That this decision was not moti-shown by the informal offer made to a representative of SDS by a close associate of McNamara's: McNamara might meet privately with your organization if you will drop the issue of a public debate. SDS did not fall for this ploy. Barney Frank, the Kennedy Institute's liaison with undergraduate affairs, offered to arrange the personal presentation of the petition to Secretary McNamara as he arrived at Eliot House on Sunday. The SDS representatives were then told that Frank would take the petitions himself. That he did, in spite of our best efforts...
...brilliant ploy. The trial had progressed beyond the point where new testimony could conveniently be introduced; yet no court could ignore this surprise witness. Accepting the prosecution's motion, the judge ordered a new trial. This, of course, would need months to prepare-if it ever took place. Rumors spread that Charles de Gaulle might be less than happy to have the trial commence again, since Dlimi might name the anonymous high-ranking French officials who, according to trial witnesses, gave the go-ahead for French police and security agents to cooperate in catching Ben Barka for the Moroccans...