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Maybe I should be even more explicit: Sarajevans truly think that for Karadzic, a speedy agreement to withdrawal from the mountains above the city is only a way of saving his own skin. It is only a way of saving his army and weapons, only another ploy to gain time until the world's attention span, now fixed on the horror of the marketplace, fades, and the story begins all over again. Soon the idea of a division of Bosnia and Sarajevo as the only solution will come back in through the front door, right to the table around which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under the Gun in Sarajevo | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

That slim one-goal lead lasted achingly closeto game's end, but it wasn't to be. With 8:09 toplay, BC Coach Steve Cedorchuk called his timeoutattempting to stem the flow of Harvard'sthird-period momentum, and the ploy workedperfectly...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Eagles Nip Crimson For Beanpot Title | 2/15/1994 | See Source »

MONEY ANGLES: Plastic Ploy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazine Contents Page | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...addictive is this ploy that the fact of blackness has been abandoned for the theory of blackness. It doesn't matter anymore what shade the newcomer's skin is. A hostile posture toward resident blacks must be struck at the Americanizing door before it will open. The public is asked to accept American blacks as the common denominator in each conflict between an immigrant and a job or between a wannabe and status. It hardly matters what complexities, contexts and misinformation accompany these conflicts. They can all be subsumed as the equation of brand X vs. blacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Backs of Blacks | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...Menem's Ploy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 14-20 | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

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