Word: tactically
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Another effective tactic in his charm arsenal is to disarm with...
...society are just against drugs and want to arrest as many drug users and dealers as possible, then fine—even though I don’t necessarily agree with this tactic. All that I ask, as a citizen of this great drug-fighting country, is that the War on Drugs stops being a war on certain drugs and certain people. For every drug arrest made in Roxbury, I’m sure a team of Scooby Doo-caliber sleuths could find their share of illicit substances right here on Harvard’s campus, or in suburban high...
...Palestinian struggle to be the region’s most pressing issue, Zinni said, and yet the United States continues to be distracted by the war on terrorism. He said that in contrast to past efforts, the U.S. has gone from fighting an enemy or an ideology to a tactic. To the delight of the audience, Zinni asked, “What if we declared war on frontal attacks or river crossings...
...only place in Washington where Democrats, though a minority, can force the Administration to make a deal. They can do so because of arcane rules that require a 60-vote majority to stop a filibuster and get almost anything done. As it happens, the filibuster is a tactic Reid quite enjoys, since it gives him the opportunity to stall proceedings by reading aloud long passages from the book he wrote about Searchlight...
...from Modesto; Evalyn Hernandez is a poor immigrant from the Philippines. While this might not indicate inherent racism on the part of the media, it does represent the media’s obsession with the bottom line. The unwarranted airtime given to the Laci Peterson case is simply a tactic to boost ratings by covering the story that has the broadest public appeal—and, sadly, a case involving a young wealthy white woman has more appeal to the public than a case invovling a poor immigrant. But if the media is truly only interested in this bottom line...