Word: strategem
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...Saigon doubted that the Administration would find it difficult to bulldoze the tough and resourceful general whom Richard Nixon once called "one of the four or five greatest politicians in the world." Yet in his duel with the Administration, Thieu had few real options. Thieu was considering a strategem under which he would simply ignore Paris and unilaterally propose to resign and turn power over to a six-man "government committee" that would hold new presidential elections in three months. Thieu would claim to have met the Communist demand for his resignation-and then run for reelection. The catch...
...Johnston, admittedly, did get a couple sound players in return, and if the B's coach can play Merlin and pull a strategem out of his sleeve, the Bruins may become the most potent weapon since Ray Milland in "The Man with the X-Ray Vision...
Lest the public be deceived by the Vice-President's verbal gymnastics, I submit the astute commentary on Humphrey expressed by that most perceptive judge of character and analyst of political strategem, William Shakespeare. His warning against Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester is remarkably cogent...
When the Crimson offense failed to produce a good shot on goal until midway through the first period, Captain John Daly moved up to left wing to provide power up front. The Huskies' Larry Bone replied to this strategem by stealing the puck at the Crimson blue line and scoring the first goal of the night...
...this was not the whole reason. According to them, the new Faculty-members who had begun laying definite plans for the Program decided that passage of the resolution could be best assured by avoiding discussion of specifics. It would be very hard, of course, to prove that such a strategem was ever consciously planned and carried out; but this report typifies the atmosphere of intrigue--and suspicion of intrigue--in which the Program has so far grown...