Word: ruse
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...refused to give interviews to freshmen competitors for the editorial board of the Princetonian (undergraduate daily). President Coolidge was speciously said to be reluctant to meet "a reporter from a college with Princeton's strong Democratic traditions." Proprietress Guinan was wary because Prohibition agents had once used the ruse of a college youth seeking an interview to hand her an injunction which padlocked one of her raucous night clubs...
...John Newbery of England, an early advocate of particular books for particular small people. This medal was to be awarded annually to that U. S. writer who should make the "most distinguished" contribution to U. S. literature for children. It was no secret that Mr. Melchei hoped by this ruse to induce able writers to turn their attention, from the library to the nursery. The examples set by Authors Charles Kingsley, Rudyard Kipling, Sir James Barrie, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, A. A. Milne and many another backed...
...Georges Pierre, 55, racked with pain on an adjoining bed, found himself unable to sleep, thought to silence M. Clet's groans and snores by whaling him with a stout leather belt. The ruse succeeded. Quiet soon reigned. M. Pierre slept...
Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany slipped away from Geneva by motor one afternoon last week. Wily Foreign Minister Briand of France went for a boat ride, was met some miles from Geneva by Dr. Stresemann's motor. Chuckling at the success of their ruse to deceive newsgatherers, they were driven swiftly across the Swiss border to the tiny French mountain village of Thoiry. There they sought a snug inn famed for its cuisine, the Chalet Russe...
...Ruse. Most unfortunately the Mexican authorities attempted to deal craftily with the bandits who had finally sent word that they would release Mr. Rosenthal upon payment of $10,000 in gold...