Word: ploy
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That's why ricin once enjoyed a certain cachet among international men of mystery. Every spywatcher knows about Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov, who was assassinated in London in 1978 in a ploy that James Bond or Austin Powers would appreciate: a shadowy stalker jabbed Markov in the leg with an umbrella rigged to inject a pellet of ricin under his skin (the killer was never found, but the KGB and the Bulgarian secret service were prime suspects...
...will find a way to stop the marriages before May. But the state's highest court is not likely to approve any delays, so stopping gay weddings would probably mean outright defiance of the court. Most observers don't think Romney would risk his future on an Orval Faubus ploy...
...race that's over before it used to begin ... A ratings ploy that could backfire ... On Oscar night, Hollywood may produce its own disaster movie. --Reported by Desa Philadelphia and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles
...DEFENSE PLOY Bryant's lawyer noted in court that black men have often been falsely accused by white women. First appearance of the race card...
...evidence in his report. The final procedure adopted by the Ministry of Defense press office - giving out biographical snippets about Kelly and allowing journalists to play 20 Questions until they hit upon the right name - seemed to those familiar with Blairite press management a typical too-clever-by-half ploy, crafted to out Kelly without leaving fingerprints. Hutton was right that some officials around Blair legitimately worried they had to get Kelly's name out or be accused of misleading parliamentary investigations into the WMD dossier. But he couldn't bring himself to acknowledge that decent and malign motives could...