Word: ploy
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...gain entry for Greece into the European Community. His reasons, however, have as much to do with politics as they do with economics. Says a Caramanlis aide: "Once in, we count on the European Community to back us in our disputes with Turkey." Ecevit is aware of that ploy. After the community's Foreign Ministers met last month with Ecevit, they agreed in principle to soothe Turkish fears of being isolated by Caramanlis...
...letters to the station indicating he had committed a murder and watched the station's newscasts. At the suggestion of a psychiatrist and with the approval of the police, the station spliced into its news account of the murder a subliminal message: CONTACT THE CHIEF. Unfortunately, the ploy failed. But perhaps by coincidence, the unknown suspect stopped writing letters to the station...
...purples, and reds--as a voice-over observes that "we lose our innocence through psychic pollution," which is, "like environmental pollution, an inevitable result of human society." The point is rammed home by a montage of photographs showing various moments of violence and human misery. But this effective cinematic ploy is followed by the enunciation of the guiding tenet underlying the spiritual system of Arica: "Unity must be achieved as a fact of reason and not an act of faith." The constant drone of John Bleibtreu's narration muddies the film, distracting the viewer from the lush visual imagery contained...
...projected a deficit of $78.4 million in its 1978 fiscal year, ending Sept. 30. Now it expects a $68.4 million surplus, and Governor William Milliken is proposing reductions in property and income taxes. Budget Director Gerald Miller agreed with a reporter that the estimate of a deficit was "a ploy." He remarked candidly that there are times "when it is appropriate to indicate the situation is not as good as it might be in order to hold down the level of spending...
...talent, indeed, was tripping him up in school, distracting him and keeping his grades marginal. He tried to charm and con his teachers with conversation, or, as he puts it now, "I tried to communicate with them on a more adult level." This ploy kept him hanging in, but mostly what he learned to do in high school was dance. At Dwight Morrow High, recalls his schoolmate Jerry Wurms, now working for Travolta's production company and still his closest friend, "we were both taught to dance by the blacks. Somebody in the corridors or outside always had a radio...