Word: ploy
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...prosecution tactic. Quite often, the available evidence is not adequate to get a conviction for the original criminal act, but in front of the grand jury the defendant may have contradicted himself or others so much that he can be caught in a lie. Defense attorneys argue that the ploy is open to abuse because an aggressive investigator's questions can sometimes trap even an innocent suspect. "Witnesses often give unresponsive answers, often for very legitimate reasons," says Sheldon Elsen, who represented Bronston...
Throughout his questioning of Mitchell, Fleming tried to portray his client as a man far too preoccupied by day-to-day matters to go out of his way to help Vesco. The ploy is part of a defense effort to strike at the heart of the Government case by denying that there was sufficient motivation for Mitchell and Stans to become unduly concerned about Vesco's fate for a mere $200,000, when Stans had already collected much larger sums from other men who expected no favors...
Unrivaled Cynicism. As soon as the significance of Gair's appointment became clear, Whitlam's ploy provoked bitter complaints from both opposition politicians and the press. Billy Snedden, leader of the Liberals, complained that Whitlam's move was "the most shameful act by any government in Australia's history." His coalition colleague, Country Party Leader Doug Anthony, charged Whitlam with "an act of cynicism unrivaled in the political life of this nation." The independent Melbourne Age editorialized: "It is one thing to have grudging admiration for ratlike cunning. It is another to be pleased about having...
Ritually, psychologists were invoked to analyze the spring madness. "It's fundamentally a ploy to get attention," says Philip Zimbardo, a psychology professor at Stanford University. "College students are irreverent toward social values. This is an attack on dominant social values." Arthur Yehle, a psychology professor at Memphis State University, has a simple explanation. "It's spring, the weather is warm, it's something to do." Another psychologist, Dorothy Hochreich of the University of Connecticut, calls streaking "a form of escapism that doesn't seem sexual in nature. Students are working harder in school, and this...
...Rumored Ploy. Heath remained closeted all day with his chief advisers, struggling desperately to work out a successful strategy. One rumored ploy: Heath would resign and pass the party leadership-and prime ministership -to William Whitelaw, his Employment Secretary and former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The theory was that the popular Whitelaw might be a more acceptable choice to hold the Tories in power than Heath. Finally, just before 8 p.m., Heath made the short journey to Buckingham Palace, where he informed the Queen that he intended to explore ways of carrying on his administration...