Word: ploy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...month ago, when President Ford invited six fellow world leaders to meet in Puerto Rico for a discussion of economic issues, his move was widely criticized both at home and abroad as a political ploy. The meeting was called, so went the criticism, to strengthen the President's chance of gaining the Republican nomination over Challenger Ronald Reagan. The summit did serve that purpose. Ford, who is at his best in small groups, enhanced his status as a world statesman last week by playing the charming and well-briefed host to British Prime Minister James Callaghan, French President Valery...
Berlinguer is backed up by a smooth-running, well-financed political organization. Already, in the current campaign, the P.C.I, has grabbed the initiative. The Communists were first out with a platform and a list of candidates, including six well-known Catholic laymen (TIME, May 31), a ploy that stunned the Vatican. For voters who care, there is a 63-page pamphlet explaining Berlinguer's call for a multiparty government of "democratic unity." The Communists have also produced leaflets and filmstrips on specialized subjects ranging from women's rights to the plight of Italian fishermen...
...April unless they got $3 million in ransom. Campbell finally reached Khartoum late in the month accompanied by two British journalists, who had befriended Steve in captivity, while covering the rebels. The newsmen brought along a documentary film they had made on the Eritreans. Campbell's bargaining ploy was a promise of publicity for the rebels in the U.S. The journalists showed the film to the guerrillas, and apparently they were impressed...
...word seeped out that the Justice Department might intervene on behalf of antibusing forces in an appeal against a court-imposed plan for Boston's schools. Since both Michigan and; Kentucky have been wracked by violent busing disputes, the disclosure had every earmark of a political ploy to benefit Candidate Gerald Ford...
...health codes until next year. Reason: the Administration insisted that it file statements on the potential inflationary impact of its proposed codes. Such statements can run hundreds of pages and cost up to $100,000 each. OSHA'S supporters see the requirement for the statements as an Administration ploy to postpone until after the election regulations that would be costly to Big Business. Labor Secretary W.J. Usery, whose department includes OSHA, denies that the delay is politically motivated...