Word: ployes
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...Many Germans were taken aback by the sight of heads rolling at the exchange - a symbol of German capitalism - but not all believed "locusts" were to blame. Reinhild Keitel of Schutzgemeinschaft der Kapitalanleger, a German minority shareholders group, describes Müntefering's interventions as "an absolutely scandalous election ploy." Dieter Hundt, president of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, fears the debate will prove "extremely damaging" to the country's international image. "What's happening currently makes me want to vomit," he told one TV interviewer. Business argues that foreign investment is vital for the economy and that short...
Marusia Musacchio-Farias, a graduate student in the East Asian Studies Department who organized the protest, said that the group had gathered to oppose what they said was an undemocratic ploy by Fox’s government...
...island archipelago and its 54 million people into a new period of political uncertainty. Did his announcement herald a long-awaited democratic solution for a country that is simultaneously being choked by Marcos' brand of authoritarianism and threatened by a growing Communist insurgency? Or was it just a ploy to fend off the anti-Marcos criticism that has reached a new crescendo in the streets of Manila and the corridors of Washington...
Marcos' opponents immediately slammed the ploy as unconstitutional and threatened to challenge it before the Supreme Court. The scheme, said Jovito Salonga, a leader of the opposition Liberal Party, was "a masterpiece in absurdity." If they lose the court challenge, as is likely because Marcos has appointed all of the court's 14 justices, opposition leaders will have to decide whether to participate in the election or to boycott it. More realistically, oppositionists hope that a Supreme Court fight will give them more time to organize their political machinery. Twelve opposition parties agreed last June to unite around a single...
...think that the letter that the republicans sent was an amateurish and transparent ploy to separate progressives.” Golis said. “I think that the Dems need to stay in the HSF but I think that HSF needs to be reformed—HSF right now is a small group of people who choose to do things on their own without consulting the other members of what is supposed to be a coalition of progressives...