Word: tactically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...COMES as no surprise that the Dowling Committee's recommendations for restructuring College governance grant little more decision-making power to students than they already have. The proposal amounts to little more than bureaucratic maneuvering--a placating tactic which the administration has always been adept at when students have demanded change...
Their success is due in part to a new tactic. After the Scopes trial, creationists sought equal time for the Bible. But in 1975, a Tennessee law requiring text book discussion of Genesis was struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals as an un constitutional violation of the separation between church and state. Changing their approach, the creationists began promoting "scientific creationism," trying to challenge evolution on scientific grounds. Proponents say scientific creationism is suitable for public school use because it does not mention the Bible. "This isn't an effort to introduce religion into the school...
Kratka said management's chief tactic has been to confuse workers into thinking an affirmative vote in the March 26 election will immediately lead to union membership...
...aide: "They don't even blink at us." Even among Democrats on Capitol Hill there is no willingness to oppose the Reagan drive broadly, since they agree with its aims, have no comprehensive alternatives to offer and fear that opposition would be political suicide. So far, the main tactic of resistance has been to support budget and tax cuts in general, while criticizing highly specific points in the Administration's still unfolding plans...
...effort to stop the Cornell forward, Crimson Coach Frank McLaughlin went to Mark Harris--the other half of the hoopsters' dual captainship. The tactic worked. With steady, determined defensive play, Harris held Reynolds to a single second half bucket, helping the Crimson scramble back from a seven-point deficit...