Word: ploy
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Still, are hotels within hotels real, or just a new way to promote what's there? Tia Gordon of the American Hotel & Lodging Association insists that the concept isn't "a marketing ploy" but "another level of service." She's probably right, but as Joseph Greff, a lodging analyst for Fulcrum Global Partners puts it, "It has a lot more to do with perception than reality." In the hotel business, however, a perception of distinctiveness counts a lot, especially for customers who are willing to pay for it. --With reporting by Helen Gibson/London, Sara Rajan/New Delhi and Jyl Benson/New Orleans
There is no reason to focus on the government's activities before 9/11 except to learn from them. To do otherwise is simply another Democratic Party campaign ploy. For the country to have focused on terrorism before the attacks would have been an irresponsible use of resources. As anyone who has been victimized will say, You are never careful enough until it happens to you. DAVID LINEMAN Houston...
...warned the United States should be prepared for more terrorist attacks, suggesting that like last month’s Madrid bombings, al Qaeda may strike before the presidential elections. Many believe that the terrorist attacks in Spain were a ploy to sway federal elections...
...shocked?shocked!?that the President would dare sully the nation's pristine electoral process through such nefarious interference. Their reading of the law held Roh's words to be a violation of election rules preventing the President from using the power of his office to influence parliamentary contests. The ploy was utterly transparent, but the written constitution gave them all the formal authority they needed to proceed with the motion...
Audience members suggested in a question-and-answer session after the speech that Bush’s moralistic language may be a cynical political ploy. But according to Singer, “if we want to have a real debate about the president’s policies, we should consider the possibility that he is sincere...