Word: tactic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stern has mailed copies of his ads to every Senator and Congressman to put them on notice that their campaign finances might be similarly scrutinized. When Democratic Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin received his packet, he shot back a sizzling letter decrying the tactic as "immoral." Stern counters that every ad is meticulously documented and published only after a Senator or Congressman has been offered a chance to tell his side of the story. When Democrat Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico was asked why he did not return a $10,000 gift from the American Medical Association...
...obvious tactic has been for each party to try to blunt any issue on which the other seems to hold an advantage. The Republicans, for example, know that most elderly people tend to have more confidence in the Democrats as protectors of their Social Security and other retirement benefits. Thus President Reagan announced at his July 24 press conference that he would ask Congress to pass legislation granting a cost of living adjustment (COLA) next year to Social Security beneficiaries even if inflation falls below 3%, which now seems possible. He did so although the bipartisan compromise package passed...
Cruz had apparently hoped that by returning home to challenge Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra for the presidency, he might be able to pressure the Sandinistas into making concessions, such as a general amnesty and opening talks with U.S.-backed anti-Communist contra guerrillas. But that tactic only drew scorn from the Managua regime. The Sandinista newspaper, Barricada, charged that Cruz had presented his candidacy "like an intermediary of the mercenaries, financed by President Reagan and the CIA." Said Sandinista Directorate Member Bayardo Arce: "Why should we talk to the clowns when we can talk to the circus owners...
...after negotiations broke down on a new contract with unions representing 600,000 postal workers, the U.S. Postal Service last week imposed a two-tier wage system to reduce costs. Under the plan, which Morris Biller, president of the American Postal Workers Union, denounced as a "provocative, union-busting tactic," newly hired workers will be paid about 20% less than those already on the job. Letter carriers, for instance, will start at $17,352, compared with $21,511 for workers hired earlier. The U.S.P.S. takes on about 40,000 workers every year...
Critics dismiss some of the bankruptcy talk as a scare tactic. Says Michael Totten, director of the Critical Mass Energy Project, a Washington conservation group: "It could be a bluff or a negotiating ploy. You can get a lot of mileage by scaring people. The companies have found a new weapon to force states to raise rates...