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Faced with mounting opposition, Patterson formed an alliance of his own with the House Republicans, who also wanted a strong energy committee. Patterson worked out an extraordinary ploy: once his measure got on the floor, the Republicans and whatever Democrats Patterson could round up would vote to "save" the resolution by making it tougher...
...costs the equivalent of $500. But by exploiting connections, or by bribery, many middle-class Afghans are getting passports. After that hurdle, they have to explain to their employers why they want to leave. Feigned illness of a spouse requiring treatment abroad (particularly in Pakistan or India) is one ploy. Others who have dependents without passports have escaped in more daring ways. Taxis with cramped, hidden compartments built under back seats have smuggled some from Jalalabad or Kandahar to the Pakistani frontier...
Lumping together people who are alike is one level of racism, but there is a stronger, more pervasive element that all students should recognize. The University uses the ploy of setting priorities to justify "color-blindness"--a theory which works only if the society as a whole is color-blind. The University's decision to cut funding gradually for minority recruitment and its apathy in previous years in the search for tenured professors for the Afro-American Studies Department are a few indicators of how the color-blindness works...
...negotiations only two months away, the discussions had bogged down, at least with respect to what anybody would have called substantive issues. Reviewing the situation, Jimmy Carter decided it was once again time to invoke the spirit, if not the reality, of Camp David. Carter's ploy: to invite Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to visit him separately in Washington next month. The President was careful to play down the inevitable comparisons with Camp David; this time there were no plans for a summit bringing together the three men. But the President hoped that the talks would lead...
Though Kennedy insists his ploy could easily be duplicated, some industry experts are a bit skeptical about the new oil bar on's gambit. Says Mark Emond, editor of the authoritative oil publication the Lundberg Letter: "It takes a huge credit line; it takes a relationship, or influence, or something." In other words, it is quite easy to cut fuel prices if you have political clout, a large credit line and access to a bankrupt oil refinery. It also helps if your name is Kennedy...