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Qiao has another ploy at his disposal. As the former head of China's secret police, he undoubtedly has plenty of evidence of corruption among Jiang's allies. The last thing Jiang can afford when gathering allies for a post-Deng power struggle is the threat that they or their children could become targets. That may be impossible to avoid in today's China. "Everyone is on the take," says an Asian diplomat in Beijing, "from top bureaucrats to doctors and waitresses." "It's been said there are three options," says Lilley. "Shoot the corrupt, let them go free...
Tamburro's ploy paid off last night, however. Late in the third period, juniors Kirk Nielsen and Jason Karmanos barrelled into Tamburro after the whistle had blown, and Karmanos was sent...
...made the reservations. Lopez was ordered to appear in court, without the jury present, in order to establish her travel intentions. The defense wants to videotape her testimony and play it back for the jury at a later date. The prosecution contends that this is just a ploy by the defense to keep Lopez away from the jury...
...Washington would lift the 33-year-old trade embargo, a vast infusion of American cash would rescue Cuba's economy. Last summer Castro tried to force the Clinton Administration into negotiations about improving ties by allowing more than 33,000 Cubans to flee the island for the U.S. The ploy did not work; the U.S. still holds 28,000 rafters in legal limbo, most at Guantanamo, and has resolutely kept the subsequent talks fixed on matters of migration...
...result of this cheap word ploy? Paragraphs like this one, in which the essential "message" of the exhibit is expressed: "...for the/next time you/see someone wi/th dark hair and/brown or yello/w skin and wan/t to identify the/m with the term/asian american/realize that ho/w you see them/may or may not/be how they ch/oose to/identify/themselves...