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...parliamentary ploy bears the sinister label of Königsmord (murder of a king), but the intent is entirely bloodless. As soon as Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's ruling coalition crumbled two weeks ago, Opposition Leader Helmut Kohl pressed ahead with his plan to become West Germany's first Christian Democratic Chancellor in 13 years. Rebuffing Schmidt's call for elections, Kohl prepared to introduce a rarely used vote of no confidence in the Bundestag to bring down Schmidt's minority government immediately. If his strategy works, Kohl will move into the modern glass-and-steel Chancellery...
...Begin's shrewd tactic, with both Jimmy Carter and Reagan, to speak admiringly of Presidents in public, while ignoring their counsels and doing whatever he wants to do. Since this ploy had worked many times before, Begin, in an interview with David K. Shipler of the New York Times, acknowledged some "differences" and "misunderstandings" with the U.S. over Lebanon, but described Regan as "a wonderful friend of the state of Isreal." Five days later, Reagan surprised angered Begin by setting forward an American plan for the Middle East that for the first time openly challenged Begin's course...
...just one vote shy of sustaining the veto. He tried to engineer a procedural tactic with John Tower-who, much to the anger of Senate leaders, had unexpectedly flown back to his home state of Texas-that would use his vote to block the override, but the ploy failed. Twenty-one Republicans sided with 39 Democrats against the President, while only three Democrats and Independent Harry Byrd of Virginia joined 26 Republicans to support...
Rather disparages "quick fixes" like the theft of Ellis from channel 5. His 1977 book, The Camera Never Blinks, acknowledges that for many stations, "If your ratings are low, (you) just go across town and hire the other station's anchorman." He strongly opposes this ploy, saying "the feeling is that what counts is what is on the marquee, not the integrity of your news," and argues that, in the long run, superficial facelifts do little to boost ratings...
...I.O.R.'s letters of patronage seemed to help Calvi, at least temporarily. But in the end even this ploy failed. When Calvi asked the I.O.R. to renew the letters, which expired in June 1982, Marcinkus turned him down. Another setback soon followed. After the Bank of Italy demanded that Ambrosiano account for its huge foreign lending, the bank's directors overruled Calvi and agreed to cooperate...