Word: tactically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...possible that the same tactic that's good law is bad politics. Maybe that's what Dershowitz...
Courting umpires is another Jackson tactic. Always speaking softly to the man behind the plate, even when he feels wronged, Jackson often gets the benefit of the doubt in return. "One umpire appreciates my manners so much," says Reggie, "that he reduces the strike zone when I come to bat. Whenever he's umpiring on the bases, he tells me, 'You'll get your pitch when I get behind the plate...
...congressional friends last week. Devine cast his courtroom eye over the man, looking for the signs of pressure. A little older all over, thought Devine. The crow's-feet around the eyes were deeper. Gray in the presidential eyebrows. He watched Nixon's hands, an old courtroom tactic. "No tremors at all," said Devine later. "His gestures were good. When the President talked, he looked me directly...
...spirited fight against redlining is mounting across the U.S. by the residents of declining neighborhoods. Their tactic: to make investments in the inner city financially attractive to lenders once again, a process that community groups call "greenlining...
...administration's protest can only be viewed as a stalling tactic, to force the well-organized Medical Area employees to wait up for their relatively disorganized counterparts in Cambridge. Harvard should encourage the organizing effort in the Medical Area and endorse its petition for unionization. In the meantime, the administration should redress the workers' grievances...