Word: tactically
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According to Buth and the ODI's Harmer, it is unclear why kidnappings of aid workers have taken off so quickly. One reason could be that the tactic has spread from Iraq, where insurgents have kidnapped hundreds of foreign contractors since the U.S. invasion in 2003. As in Iraq, kidnappings of foreign aid workers - like those in Darfur - "make for a more visible political statement" than attacking local humanitarian staff, says the ODI report. Aid organizations have always insisted that they do not pay ransoms for their kidnapped staff. But the reality is more complicated. A few years...
...established tactic. In the early 1500s, Pope Leo X underwrote his lavish lifestyle in part by taxing licensed prostitutes, and Peter the Great preyed on Russian vanity two centuries later by charging men who grew beards. In the Federalist papers, American patriot Alexander Hamilton proposed an excise tax on alcohol to boost revenues and curb consumption. The measure, enacted in 1791, sparked the Whiskey Rebellion, in which federal authorities were forced to quash an uprising by livid Pennsylvania settlers...
...young military leader. As he grapples with how best to discipline his men, when to stand up for them and how purposeful and calculated a military leader must be in the management of his troops, Campbell traces the development of a skill set as important as any battlefield tactic or strategy. The flip side of that, however, is a fawning depiction of Campbell's men (they are all brave, they are all worthy), leaching them of any real complexity or humor. Regardless, Joker One manages to show its best, most unique face through a thick and all-too-familiar...
...this way. So call a few recruiters and ask how long they think it will take a person with your experience to land a new gig. If it's longer than your severance will last, make the case that you should be compensated for the entire time period. One tactic Barbara Barra, executive vice president at Lee Hecht Harrison, has noticed: suggesting that your company extend severance pay by a few months but agreeing to cut it off early if you get a new job in the interim...
...anyone who's ever been around a disruptive child knows, refusing to give the kid attention is often the best way of shutting the troublesome tot up. Perhaps that's a tactic members of the European Parliament regret not using with France's extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen this week...