Word: ploy
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...York Times, weekly poker games in D'Amato's office once provided regular occasions for lobbyists to rub elbows with the New Yorker, who now heads the Banking Committee and the steering committee for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. While nobody admitted losing on purpose--a ploy that would have let D'Amato pocket as much as $300 a hand--the Senator's poker buddies represented clients who just happened to have business before the banking panel. D'Amato's office said the games ended about four years ago. Some participants told the Times they played as recently as last...
...government funding of "obscene" art? They're back. But in this case, they're not hitting up the National Endowment for the Arts for money. Their work, along with that of nearly 80 other contemporary artists, can now be ordered via an 800 number. The source of this marketing ploy is an innovative free-market effort to compensate for the dicey state of federal arts funding: the Art Matters gift catalog...
...jotted "party favors?" and directed that his hearse should be made to "look ridiculous" and his casket covered with smiley faces, in order to "foil Satan's ploy" of making death a somber, black event...
Instead, the letter's purpose appears simply to massage Harvard's ego and spin the challenges facing the Administration in the most favorable light. When asked in an interview if the letter were not some kind of public relations ploy, the president rolled his eyes and said, "You know me better than that by now. It's not part of a public relations blitz, I promise you that, absolutely not. It's not me, it's not my nature...
...charges that Packwood was intimidating potential witnesses. Instead of complying with the committee's demand that he surrender his diaries, Packwood first tried to threaten colleagues, warning that his memoirs would expose other legislators' sexual dalliances. He then petitioned a federal court to protect his right to privacy. That ploy took almost a year to resolve, going all the way to the Supreme Court, where Packwood's bid was rebuffed. By the time he turned over his diaries, the committee had again widened its probe, looking into charges that Packwood tampered with evidence and used his position to seek work...