Word: ploy
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...elderly Brit, take issue with Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment"-the attack on Pearl Harbor-that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks...
...elderly Brit take issue with Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment" - the attack on Pearl Harbor - that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks...
...side into the Science Center’s Greenhouse Café. He kisses her hand as they sit down. Affectionate and playful, the newlywed couple tease each other and complete one another’s sentences. “I actually had a crush on his roommate. In a ploy to get his roommate to go out with me, I invited all of his roommates to go to see ‘The DaVinci Code,’” Amy says of their first date. “This was the only one willing to drop everything...
...allowed me to say horse salami and horse sausage throughout this article. But she did pick up half a pound of salted, cured meat. On the FedEx form, she called the shipment a "leather art project," which seemed about right. Still, Homeland Security must have been wary of our ploy, since the package arrived with a big green sticker reading EXAMINED BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION but was otherwise untouched. American shores, you should know, are not safe from rogue cold cuts...
...glorious about “The Secret of the Ooze” and the vastly underrated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.” But… it doesn’t. For one thing, it’s CGI, which seems like a cheap ploy to cash in on what the kids love these days. For another thing, the villains (space monsters) look goofy, and not nearly as terrifying or appropriate for the TMNT as guys like Shredder or Krang. I dunno. Maybe it’s just not aimed at my demographic anymore. I feel...