Word: ploy
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...That ploy could backfire. The more exposure Seed gets, the more eccentric he seems. "God made man in his own image," he told National Public Radio correspondent Joe Palca last week. "God intended for man to become one with God. Cloning...is the first serious step in becoming one with God." In a later interview on CNN, Seed elaborated: "Man," he said, "will develop the technology and the science and the capability to have an indefinite life span...
...Saddam Hussein manages to find an amazing amount of wiggle room. He is walled in by economic sanctions and no-fly zones and international inspectors, but he still pops out with one ploy after another calculated to thwart the U.N. and inflate his image in the Arab world. Like a stage magician, he fills his act with grand gestures and hoopla, but on close inspection the show can be seen for what it is: illusion...
...Moscow?s silos, and want the Russian parliament to stop dragging its feet on ratifying the START II missile reduction treaty. Given that the traditional bugbear of NATO expansion is also on the table, Yeltsin's words look like less of a stumble ? and more a subtle bargaining ploy...
...Republican ploy, it worked: the legal bill, of which $4.2 million is still unpaid, has driven the DNC some $12 million into debt with the '98 season just beginning. And that, as we know, will necessitate even more aggressive fundraising. Ah, Washington...
...always a good ploy in horror movies that the nanny does evil--she's a trusted figure," he said. "It's just shocking to people...