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...take credit for the pamphlet the council produced, largely at his behest, calling for disarmament. And he has also not hesitated to picture himself as the weakest incumbent, apparently in hopes that supporters of other candidates or undecided voters will come to his aid at the last minute, (a tactic that saved him in 1979). Wylie may not be as weak as he claims; using primarily his own funds, Wylie has spent more than any other candidate in the race through mid-October, and seems to be running a stronger campaign than two years ago. Still, if an incumbent loses...
Aware that their discovery could help Milligan's upcoming case in court, the doctors publicized their contention that Milligan had multiple personalities. That tactic proved an error; newspapers and get-tough advocates immediately went berserk. Milligan, they said, was faking his disorder (though other psychiatrists had since confirmed it); the young man, they argued, was simply adept at putting on 24 different acts (though sophisticated tests actually proved him to have dramatically different IQs and values when dominated by different personalities). And, as Keyes laboriously shows, his personalities were diverse...
...been less than subtle: in a swap for their votes, Democrat Dennis DeConcini of Arizona was informed that Reagan would not campaign against him next year, while Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa was told that his choice for U.S. Attorney back home would be quickly nominated. A more promising tactic to woo votes is the Administration's proposal to send a presidential letter of "certification" to Congress assuring members that certain conditions for the deal (U.S. access to the data collected by the AW ACS, for example) will...
...those cult movies that people go to see 37 times before they scream "I'm sick of this shit" and run out of the theater. My theory is that every fifth frame of a cult movie shows an authority figure saying "See this movie repeatedly." I use a similar tactic...
They let me alone for a few days. Then just as I was feeling a little better they started on a different tactic. It was psychological. Clergymen strolling through the passages between cells would abruptly point to a prisoner in an ostensibly whimsical manner and order the Islamic Guards to shoot him on the spot. One of the Guards yelled "I'm the judge and the executioner too" as he fired into a prisoner's temple. A man I was talking to in our cell was suddenly separated from me and shot through the head by an Islamic...