Word: ployed
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Bush's tactic is to "kick sand in the public's eye," as a New York Times staff editorial charged. It is a simple ploy to gain more votes, not the beginning of a program to help women protect their right to an abortion...
Management refused the ploy. It simply hired scabs and plodded on. Unable to control them, the international union eventually abandoned the strikers. Most of them lost their jobs, and some -- weeping -- turned scab. The movie has much to say about the limits of hyped confrontation as a means of settling issues. But the true power of American Dream lies elsewhere. It derives from the access Kopple gained to the union's inner circles and the lives of its leaders, their rank-and-file followers and opponents. We watch horrified as these good people -- embracing passions they cannot control -- rush toward...
...pages of Tiffany Designs Stained Glass Coloring Book are copies of actual stained glass windows. The unlucky owners of this book are supposed to look at the examples in the front, "reproduced in full color," the book's back cover exclaims. This is a ploy to get kids into a career in architecture or design good and early; a ploy to get them to instantly recognize windows from such landmarks as the Reformed Church in Flushing...
...Baker's latest ploy succeeds, it could be one more significant step toward an Arab-Israeli peace -- a prospect that has moved from the unthinkable to the merely improbable as a result of his shrewd and tireless prodding of both sides. The Secretary has repeatedly demonstrated a flair for problem solving, not only by launching the Middle East talks but also by working out an agreement with Congress on Nicaragua in 1989 and by helping stitch together last year's coalition against Saddam Hussein. Baker may not fashion foreign policy single-handedly -- certainly not in an Administration where the President...
...assault by Kerrey violated earlier promises to let the issue lie. But his camp thought it had to shake the chessboard. Kerrey has virtually no chance of winning Georgia or any of the large states up for grabs next week, including Texas and Florida. So his ploy is to drive down Clinton's numbers while pursuing a "delegate accrual" strategy -- targeting specific districts in the hope of picking up small blocs of delegates in many states. He also looks west, striving for a base that will keep him in the contest until the final primaries in June. When Kerrey...