Word: tactically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan's rigid approach, both in his negotiations with Congress and in his appeal to the public, was strongly urged by National Security Adviser William Clark, who felt that the President's personal efforts could salvage the dwindling national consensus for more defense spending. The tactic was consistent with Reagan's deepest instincts; he fervently accepted Weinberger's arguments that the buildup proposed was the "bare minimum" needed for national security...
...uncomfortably reminded, often unconsciously, of their own inadequacies. As a result, a doctor may reject a patient outright. For example, a physician who is depressed and abusing liquor will tend to shy away from a patient who is an alcoholic. Conversely, the doctor may become overly solicitous, a tactic that backfires. Ford believes the words "You're fine; come back and see me if something develops" are a virtual invitation to create new symptoms...
...words that don't need stagecraft to make them work. True, the otherwise subtle lighting design turns a bit blatant for the great funeral speech, dropping to a single spotlight as soon as Antony begins to speak, spectators' yells coming out of the near-pitch dark. Even that tactic, though, carries a certain ingenuous charm; why shouldn't Woronicz and director Cameron-Webb admit they're enjoying playing this scene? Anyone who studied the play in high school and whispered the lines to himself is likely to sympathize...
...most of his previous works, Neil Simon has parried the perils of heart-to-heart emotional commitment with a disarming quip. A loose upper lip has been his tactic for keeping pain in quarantine. With an ironclad consistency, he has been the Man in the Comic Mask...
...asked. "Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment than there was four years ago?" Carter himself had used a similar tactic in the 1976 campaign, sympathizing with the American people over the "disgraceful" level of the Misery Index. Now, two years later, the economy is in even worse shape, and it is Reagan's turn to hear his opponents commiserate with the long-suffering public...