Word: tactic
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...that tricky environment, Bingaman has allowed some mergers, especially in areas, such as telecommunications, where the White House happens to favor combinations that promise to create more jobs. When she does move against what she sees as monopolistic practices, a favored tactic has been to scare companies with the threat of lengthy suits. By huffing and puffing, she got AT&T to sign a consent decree promising to keep the McCaw Cellular phone company a separate subsidiary, which allowed McCaw customers to pick their own long-distance carriers. But when Bingaman has actually gone to court, the results have...
Make occasional reference to previous points in the conversation. What has the person said so far? Bring it up again. This tactic gives the impression of interest in the person's limited life...
...unusual tactic, far from the one he unsuccessfully tried in the fall when he lost a close election to David L. Hanselman...
HAROLD ICKES DOESN'T LEAVE THINGS to chance. While he was running the Democratic Convention in New York City in 1992, he insisted the cashier's check for the confetti vendor be held in escrow in case the climactic balloon drop following Bill Clinton's acceptance speech flopped. Ickes' tactic forced the balloon man to climb into the rafters to cut the netting with a large knife. The sight of an armed man climbing through the lights at Madison Square Garden drove Clinton's security detail to distraction. "The Secret Service guys nearly shot the guy out of the rafters...
...real President? His strategists say the new tactic with Gingrich and the Republicans is to compromise where possible -- but to keep the option to fight on principle where necessary. In fact, Clinton aides actually look forward to the first presidential veto -- perhaps to counter G.O.P. moves against Head Start, the Goals 2000 education bill, the Brady bill or attempts to strip the crime bill of the assault-weapons ban. The White House has seen polls and focus-group studies that show voters do not believe Clinton will stand by any principles. Where Clinton draws the line and has fights, says...