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...easy for lawyers who represent studentsto criticize the administrative board as hashappened in this case," he said. "It's quite acommon ploy for lawyers because it distractsattention from the conduct of their clients...
Over the years, baseball players have devised numerous ways to outsmart umpires: corking the bat, throwing spitballs, using steroids. But amazingly, until last week, no one had tried the fake mustache. The ingenious ploy was hatched by New York Mets manager BOBBY VALENTINE after being thrown out of a game for arguing with the plate umpire. Once ejected, players and managers are forbidden to go back into the dugout, but that's exactly where a camera spotted Valentine. Even sporting facial hair, shades and a hat, Valentine was recognized by officials, who later suspended him for two games and fined...
...Commonwealth originally refused to meet Kraft's demands, prompting him to make the deal with Connecticut. But now it is apparent this move was merely a ploy to up the pressure on Massachusetts...
...MSNBC "talking heads" have finally shifted from discussions of sex to the military and Kosovo, the "Flynt Report" will only catapult us into another round of lies and national embarrassment-if its contents can even be believed. Indeed, Flynt's publication is nothing more than a partisan ploy to exact revenge on the right-wingers in Congress that should be ignored by both politicians and sex scandal followers alike...
...estimate. And these aren't just cases of foreign spies left over from the cold war working for new capitalist bosses. Increasingly, U.S. firms are turning to Dumpster divers or computer hackers to stay ahead of the competition, and disgruntled workers are walking off with classified material. One worrisome ploy, the FBI says, is to send in spies posing as tech consultants on the Y2K computer...