Word: ployes
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...begin shortly thereafter. As many as 26 lawyers are expected to cross-examine witnesses before the three judges of the Sandiganbayan. "This is just a preview to a whitewash," said a Manila businessman after the indictments. Aquilino Pimentel, leader of the Democratic Party, has called Ver's indictment a ploy "to get acquitted and prevent any further charges against him." Said a member of Marcos' Cabinet: "If Ver ever gets reinstated, it will only be for two weeks, and it will only be to save face. So after that, he will be retired...
...forward proposals that asked the Soviets to reduce large numbers of their existing weapons in exchange for a partial scaling back of future American deployments. For its part, the Kremlin tried to use the negotiations to score propaganda points and exacerbate tensions in the Western alliance. Neither side's ploy worked. The arms-control process has stagnated for more than a year...
...Chief, Ronald Reagan, has sent his agents out to stop the latest evil ploy by the USSR--expecting the "Forces of World Goodness" USA to actually sacrifice a defense program in return for the "Evil Empire" USSR to stop their threatening arms deployment. Schultz, Agent Bechtel, has been given instructions to protect the good and noble "Star Wars Project" from the evil thugs of the USSR...
Fade out, Voice over: "What will happen to Bechtel? Will he fall for the evils ploy? Will the Chief be forced to carry out the diplomacy himself? Tune in next week when 'Millionaire Bruce Wayne' offers 'Stately Wayne Manor' to the chief. The chief turns his attention to this more important matter...
...coal board has reminded strikers of the prospects of up to $1,764 in wages and back holiday pay by Christmas for miners who return to work by the beginning of this week. For striking miners who have lost an average $7,500 each, the reminder was a shrewd ploy. In contrast to the 200 miners a week who had been returning to their pits by late October, more than 7,000 men have returned over the past two weeks...