Word: tactics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Left has to go with the Democratic Party," Harrington said. We don't have to accept it but we must try to change it. A fourth party movement is a tactic to re-elect Nixon. Our tactic should be to get the best possible democratic candidate nominated and then get him elected...
...makes it a scene of struggle among the superpowers. The Soviet Union, which has never given up trying to bring breakaway Yugoslavia back into the orthodox Communist fold, has an additional goal -a seaport on Yugoslavia's Dalmatian Coast for its big Mediterranean fleet. In a brilliant flanking tactic, China is showing an increasingly protective interest in Rumania and Yugoslavia; the object is to prevent the Soviets from moving freely against either country without having to fear Chinese retaliation against Mongolia and the eastern Soviet borders. The U.S. is also involved in the Balkans through Washington's commitment...
Offensive odors are the most difficult to control of all environmental plagues. They can be overpowered with a deodorant or a perfume-a tactic that is difficult to apply to an entire town. Or they can be eliminated completely, something that can rarely be done without eliminating the source. To make matters worse, it is difficult to legislate against bad smells because no objective standards can be formulated...
...Rafael incident--regardless of whether it was an appropriate tactic--illustrates the loyalty George Jackson was able to inspire. Though most of the coverage given to it by the Establishment media focused upon the bloodshed that resulted from Jonathon Jackson's cool arrogance. George Jackson, his mother, and people who knew the specifics of the case or were themselves prisoners were struck more by the motive than the result of the action...
Whatever power analysts may have, they cannot change a patient's past. And so it seems silly and a terror tactic to wonder, what if they could...