Word: tactic
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...worried about getting beaten, join 'em. That seems to be the tactic of tobacco giant Philip Morris, which, after years of successfully fending off government regulation, appears to have seen too many unwelcome smoke signals coming out of Washington. Although most analysts and industry officials were hedging their bets on regulation until the Supreme Court completed its review of the FDA's right to regulate tobacco as a drug, Philip Morris senior vice president Steven Parrish announced Tuesday that the company is willing to negotiate. Parrish told the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal that no matter what...
...CRYING GAME One of four New York City officers on trial for shooting Amadou Diallo (Sean Carroll, right) wept on the witness stand last week. Getting misty is a hit-and-miss tactic, as our history of trial tears shows...
...police commissioner, was a believer in the "broken windows" theory, which says such big crimes as assault and robbery happen where small decay, like litter and graffiti, is tolerated. To ward off shootings and break-ins, Bratton cracked down on things like public urination and subway spray painting, a tactic that explains at least part of the city's crime drop in the 1990s...
...ensuing debate which lasted for about 90 minutes, the two panelists answered an array of questions which came at them in groups of three or four-- a tactic designed by IOP organizers to discourage individual audience members from monopolizing the speakers' time...
...also condemned the use of sit-ins as a tactic...