Word: ploy
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...some became openly critical when he ignored their advice. Theological warfare ensued: One senior cleric accused Paisley of "abandoning of a truly Biblical position regarding murderers in government." Paisley hit back in a Church newsletter, accusing his critics of "slandering God's leadership" and warning that "it is the ploy of Satan to attack those whom God has signally appointed and specially anointed as leaders in His work...
...were later found to have persuaded themselves that the task really was fun. They had crossed over from hypocrisy to something more pathetic: self-deception. In this light, getting married, having kids and advancing conservatism looks more like a heartfelt, doomed effort to change sexuality than a hypocritical ploy...
...twisted their ploy into the more daring "Is that supposed to be true?" More daring because its audience comprised not the putative hipsters in comedy clubs but ordinary people waiting to pay for their groceries and not used to finding irony in. In a word, Americans...
...target of al-Qaeda and related jihadist groups, and that the election of Sarkozy - who inspired hostility in France's crumbling suburban ghettoes, and whose support for the U.S. and even the fact that he had a Jewish grandparent is cited in jihadist rants - is simply a useful propaganda ploy for jihadists seeking support...
...history," Loh says. (Yang notes that all this could be the president's canny understanding of voter math in Taiwan: a referendum in 2004 helped get out the vote during Chen's re-election campaign.) The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has accused Chen of using the referendum as a political ploy, but the party announced last week that it too would back a referendum. The KMT says it will in endorse attempting to enter the U.N. under a name less likely to encounter resistance, such as Chinese Taipei, the name the island's athletes use when competing in the Olympics. Given...