Word: tactically
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...appeared as recently as the 1990s before a white-supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens, telling its members that they stand for "the right principles and the right philosophy." When confronted over the remarks later, he denied any "firsthand" knowledge of the group's beliefs. For years, the tactic worked for Lott, who used it mostly in small gatherings in the South, where he was able to curry favor without paying much of a price elsewhere. But last week the bill came due. As Lott acknowledged in an interview with TIME, "I've said things and done things...
Bloomstein said he thinks this negotiating tactic will work because the University, having lost development battles in several other neighborhoods, is in a position to make concessions...
...face imprisonment or even execution?into the country to inspect the refugee situation along China's border with the North. Some U.S. Congressmen are calling for America to share costs for the resettlement of refugees with South Korea, Russia, China and other Asian countries, which might make the tactic more palatable to the mainland. But diplomats say by approving Brownback's visit, Beijing may merely be warning North Korea to shape up or risk losing its support...
...guaranteed rate of return--the newcomers say they can't make the necessary investments until they have built up a critical mass of customers. Wayne Huyard, chief operating officer of MCI, which is part of WorldCom, currently enmeshed in bankruptcy proceedings, says the Bells' claims are "absolutely a scare tactic. We don't want to ride a competitor's networks any longer than necessary. But they realize that forcing a premature migration to our own networks will kill competition. It's classic monopolistic maneuvering...
Smith defended his tactic...