Word: tactical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protect himself Nixon must either convince the nation that his proposals were sound but were sabotaged by Democrats, or he must seek compromises with Congress and claim credit for the resulting legislation. At the outset of the new session, compromise seems to be Nixon's tactic. Says one of his legislative aides: "Our strategy will be to change if necessary, get the President's name on legislation and share the credit rather than fight totally and be hit on the head with it during the campaign...
...years there has not been an execution in the U.S. This unofficial moratorium, which currently affects 696 prisoners, is the result of an intricately planned campaign that used every possible legal tactic or argument. Even before that, however, the number of executions had been decreasing markedly. From a 1935 high of 199, the annual total shrank to 76 in 1955, 56 in 1960 and two in 1967, when the moratorium began. Meanwhile, Great Britain has joined a worldwide trend toward abolition, and Canada has followed suit (except for killers of on-duty policemen and prison guards) as a five-year...
...technicians and production people with the single-minded drive of an electronic Vince Lombardi. He is studying game films and continually revising his play book, a 36-page treatment of the deployment and minute-by-minute moves of men and equipment. In the TV equivalent of a football tactic known as "flooding the secondary," he will scatter 15 cameras, 40 microphones and 84 TV monitors around the stadium-the most equipment ever amassed for a football game. In the CBS control room, Verna will continually monitor shots taken by each of his cameramen. All through the game he will have...
...love to give and the courage to offer it, come work with your brothers." So far, says Lupo, a "gratifying number" of responses has poured into the Trinitarians' U.S. headquarters in Pikesville, Md., more than for any ad the order has ever run in more conventional outlets. The tactic has drawn some grumbles from within the order, but Father Lupo says: "I wanted to reach college guys and to get the most mileage for my advertising dollar." It remains to be seen whether the Playboy recruits-if they persist in their interest-will gladly embrace one of the most...
...most frequent defense tactic has been a motion to move the hypothetical trial from Washington to Las Vegas. Seven such requests, each based on a different argument, have been considered and rejected by federal courts. Jones' chief attorney, Charles McNelis, filed an eighth request for change of venue June 28, but Federal Judge Joseph C. Waddy has not yet found time to rule on it. When Waddy decides, McNelis will be ready with more motions. Says he: "There are some other procedural matters that haven't been disposed...