Word: tactically
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...effect that “Wisse’s remarks ‘don’t make much of an impression on the Faculty’ because of their ‘extreme nature.’” This, in a nutshell, is the tactic of political correctness, never to confront the content of a divergent opinion, but to dismiss it as “extreme” or out of bounds. Through their attacks on me, my colleagues during the meeting and after were warning others not to step out of line lest they invite...
...Dallas and St. Louis, Mo., in the next two weeks. More than 75 party fund raisers gathered at a Washington hotel last month so that Clinton's inner circle could brief them on the New York race, her probable opponents, the G.O.P.'s history of using every weapon and tactic against her and the plans for raising money through personal appearances and on the Internet. Participants reported that each presentation was focused on 2006, and organizers underlined their short-term focus. The day was capped by a dinner party at a Georgetown mansion where Clinton spoke after her husband introduced...
...Elena posters” are the newest tactic of Harvard Right to Life. They feature a little fetus saying, “Oh, HI! I was just celebrating all my organs and me being 56 days alive!” I am not a fan. Here is my main problem with the posters: they don’t advertise anything. They don’t draw attention to a rally, or to a speaker, or to any kind of event; they are simply a statement of political belief. They don’t even say, “Feel enthusiastic...
...interpretation of the Solomon Amendment is “clearly not what Congress had in mind.”The Harvard professors had asked the court to avoid a constitutional showdown by adopting an alternative interpretation of the Solomon Amendment. In doing so, the professors pursued a novel legal tactic in a court battle that raged for more than two years. But the Harvard professors’ tactic did not sway their former student Roberts—nor did it convince any of the five other justices who attended Harvard Law.The Solomon Amendment requires that schools receiving federal funds must...
...courtroom-battle tactic led to the love-child revelation. When the defense claimed DiLeonardo's philandering had caused him to lose favor long ago with his family-focused boss, prosecutors lunged. Had not Gotti Jr. kept a secret girlfriend well into his marriage? Had not Gotti Jr. sought to emulate his father, who though revered as a family man kept a longtime lover with whom he had a secret daughter...