Word: ployes
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...close to stepping down. Instead, he's been tightening his grip. Many take this to mean he is planning to stay. But since ZANU-PF is embroiled in a succession struggle after the death in September of Vice President Simon Muzenda, others believe Mugabe's crackdown is a negotiating ploy meant to strengthen his hand for transition talks with the MDC. The aging President may yet be looking for a way out. [an error occurred while processing this directive]Last week the MDC took its case to overturn the 2002 presidential election result to the high court in Harare...
Murphy’s ploy inside the red zone showed beyond any doubt his lack of faith in Schires’ ability unless he scored...
...compelled to issue a statement calling off the wedding. Because of "excessive media attention," it said, "we began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives would be compromised." Bennifer watchers speculated that the four-sentence press release was 1) a ploy to throw off the paparazzi while the pair elopes, 2) a sign of Affleck's cold feet or 3) legit. It may also be a way to postpone their probable divorce...
...billion a year of that $15 billion into the Global Fund - but only if others put in twice as much. Was this the laudable beginning of a virtuous circle that finally takes Africa's plight seriously? Or was it, as some aids activists argued, a grandstanding ploy that promises more than it is likely to deliver? A little of both. Bob Geldof, the musician and co-founder of the Africa advocacy group DATA, accentuates the positive. "Whatever one thinks about what else this Administration is doing, and we all have our opinions, on aids in Africa they are transforming...
...easy. Bronfman must compete against a gaggle of better-financed suitors. Even if he does manage to assemble credible backers and buy back the businesses, many in Hollywood and on Wall Street doubt he has what it takes to run them. Still, the ploy may be his best shot at redeeming his, and his family's, tarnished fortune and reputation. If nothing else, it might boost the value of their holdings in Vivendi...