Word: tactical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...murder of his anti-Communist rival, Francisco Arana; once in office, Arbenz expropriated U.S. property, opened relations with Communist-bloc nations and generally established himself as a thorn in the U.S. side-so much so that in 1954 a CIA-supported force routed Arbenz's forces. The tactic was so successful that some observers believe it led the U.S. to try an encore in the disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Castro's Cuba...
...preface, "I understand your problems?and if you can't come with us, I'll understand." So a legislator leaves feeling that no commitment was asked or given. But if he votes his constituency against the White House, the President feels betrayed. On any issue, the more effective tactic for a President, maintains Neil MacNeil, is to "flat-out demand the vote, leaving unspoken any matter of forgiveness or understanding, and let the Senator sweat out whether there might be political retaliation...
...tactic of threatening everyone generally and few people specifically has its dangers. In order to work, a jawboning policy must appear fair. The President cannot afford to look as if he is capriciously singling out industries that are in the public eye or susceptible to pressure. More important, he must act against excessive wage boosts as well as price increases. And even if the President can persuade union leaders to hold down wage demands, the leaders may be unable to control a rebellious rank and file. Nixon might do better to reinstate wage-price guidelines for all unions and industries...
...Midsummer Night's Dream, the Brook tactic is amplified. As experienced, the world of a dream is nocturnal and ill-defined. Brook sets his Dream within three sharp, blazingly white gym walls. For trees, Brook gives us heavy metal coils. Bucolic imagery becomes relentlessly urban...
...lesser commercial risk. Camp is low-level satire, and it tends to destroy both the past and the present with a snicker. Far from being a "great creative sensibility," as acclaimed by Susan Sontag, camp is anti-sensibility. Its intrinsic nature is sterile, and it applies the tactic of reductio ad absurdum to imply that all cultural values are equally sterile. Thus at one moment No, No Nanette fashions an affectionate valentine to the past, and in the very next moment perforates it with a derisory dart from the present...