Word: tactical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LABOR. The traditional power tactic of labor leaders has been to get their members selected as uncommitted delegates. This enhanced their collective power at the convention. But they are finding that unless they can stack a local caucus, uncommitted slates or individuals can rarely win now. AFL-CIO officials running as uncommitted delegates in Arizona, for example, were soundly defeated; five of Arizona's 25 elected delegates are uncommitted. This trend is pressuring labor to choose sides earlier...
...work lacked in depth, it made up-at its best -in brute energy. In Waterfront, say, or A Face in the Crowd, he keyed the action at such a pitch of intensity that the films seemed to gain substance from sheer force. This technique, which amounts to a diversionary tactic, becomes transparent in The Visitors. Kazan raises a lot of significant issues, then exploits them without truly engaging them. The Visitors makes one wonder, in fact, if he ever really has engaged them. ∙Jay Cocks It is no surprise to find another Kazan in show business. The only surprise...
...tactic of Nixon and Budget...
...protest marches halted by troops using tear gas -as well as Protestants. "The government has capitulated to the policy of terror!" cried the Rev. Ian Paisley, leader of many militant Protestants. "The I.R.A. has won." There were some suggestions that the I.R.A., for its part, might try a new tactic by organizing illegal parades of Catholics to test the ban and the government's will. The result might well mean more bloody clashes between the warring sects, the need for still more British troops to maintain order, and more trouble for a land that has trouble enough...
...just because we hold sports on some kind of pedestal that can't be lowered to the level of physical conflict. Particularly on a hard-wood gym floor, someone is going to get decked and seriously injured in the near future. And violence is starting to become an acceptable tactic, to some players if not to coaches. In hockey, we've had to watch Brown purposely try to remove Joe Cavanagh from play. It's generally acknowledged that if you get into a fight you make sure you "take someone good" with you from the other team. Downfield blocking...