Word: ployes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Feldstein termed the House measure "simply awful. It's full of nonsense; it's mischievous." However, he also felt the legislation was little more than a tactical ploy designed to give House Democrats a campaign issue in November's congressional elections. Feldstein predicted that any legislation that emerged from the Senate would be much milder. Nonetheless, he warned, "if the economy were to become very weak, it may become a real piece of legislation...
...ploy, says one Manhattan investment analyst, was "a major strategic ) error." For one thing, he notes, People was "going after the smallest sector of the flying public," since only about 11% of all airline passengers fall into the business and luxury classes. For another, the seduction was bound to fail, since such well-heeled travelers could often get more reliable and comfortable service, albeit at higher prices, from conventional airlines...
...East Germans insisted that the policy was intended to crack down on suspected terrorists. The Western powers, however, concluded that the ploy was a new attempt by the Soviet-backed East Germans to alter the unique post-World War II status of Berlin. In the past, foreign diplomats entering or leaving the East sector of the city had only to flash a red identity card issued by the East Germans. By requiring passports rather than cards, the East Germans apparently hoped to establish that the Berlin Wall is an international border --in direct contravention of postwar agreements...
...ploy doomed to fail--time and time again, Rubin flipped her glove to her fielding hand, corralled the squibbler, and threw the runner...
...John P. Marquand and then-Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59 on University Hall stationary demanding that the Indy pay $15,000 for its offices. The letters, true to Melendez form, featured exhaustive documentation, appendices, footnotes, and cross-references. The Independent, not suprisingly, fell for the ploy...