Word: ruses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington Post reported last week that Parker wrote a memo outlining contradictions in the government's evidence and suggesting that changes in the department's strategy would be "simply a ruse" to hide the contradictions...
Better still, after Davis discovers her ruse, he allows himself to be drawn into it; he hopes jealousy will warm his old girlfriend as his devotion never could. Before you know it, the fake marriage has turned into a troubled one, with the local minister providing earnest counseling and virtually the whole town worrying about those two nice kids trying to work out their problems...
...hoping to make a comeback with the aid of an artificial hip. While concern should properly be focused on whether the man will ever be able to walk normally again, both Bo and the Chicago White Sox (his present employer) seem to be most preoccupied with arranging a waiver ruse so that they can keep him on the payroll at a reduced salary...
PERHAPS BUSH'S PLAN is just a ruse. As Yogi Berra might say, the President may be dumb, but he isn't stupid. He knows his plan is too silly to pass. He knows that most Democrats favor more radical reform. But now his name is no the health care scoreboard, blunting a potent Democratic weapon. His gambit is that voters will be too confused by the intricacies of health care reform to be able to distinguish between rivaling plans. He may be right...
Divisions are growing within the congress on tactical as well as ideological matters. In general, moderates trust the government's commitment to a process that could result in the A.N.C.'s accession to power, while hard-liners feel De Klerk is perpetrating a sophisticated ruse. Both are struggling to dominate the new 100-member National Executive Committee that is scheduled to be elected next week; its primary responsibility will be to chart the movement's course to negotiations...