Word: ploy
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DAWKINS: I think that Gould's separate compartments was a purely political ploy to win middle-of-the-road religious people to the science camp. But it's a very empty idea. There are plenty of places where religion does not keep off the scientific turf. Any belief in miracles is flat contradictory not just to the facts of science but to the spirit of science...
...removal, Dr. Joel Hunter, pastor of the 12,000-member Northland Church in Orlando, told TIME that Haggard's resignation was permanent. "We're going to be standing with him and walking with him through the process," Hunter says. Haggard had intimated that the allegations may be an electioneering ploy. He supports Amendment 43 on the Colorado state ballot on Nov. 7, which would add a new section to the state constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Another question on the ballot - Referendum I - would allow gays and lesbians to form legally protected...
...Hail Mary: Try the Mountjoy Ploy...
Even if true, it was a desperate ploy, and one that garnered him little sympathy. But Foley was not the first disgraced public figure this year to resort to alcoholism as an excuse for bad behavior...
...68th minute of play. “I think that they whole game we had been playing good soccer and making them work and we really tired them out,” Stamatis said. “We had the legs at the end of the game. The ploy is to keep pressure and not let them have much breathing room.” Another sign of Harvard’s offensive dominance was the lopsided ratio of corner kicks—which the Crimson led Fairfield 14 to 5. Aside from the one blemish on his record, junior Adam...