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...only the third in the central bank's 84-year history. Most previous attempts to ratchet down growth have ended in economic downturns. Greenspan is counting not on the historical odds but the immediate precedent from his own era: when he raised rates in 1994 to slow growth, the tactic worked...
...audience. The Concerto is therefore in the style of Corelli, who was London's favorite composer at the time. While Handel has sometimes been criticized for his use of other composers' work and imitation of their styles, in retrospect it becomes clear that such composing techniques were a survival tactic. The orchestra's performance of this piece was charming, and introduced the audience to the impeccable unison and rich sound of the ensemble...
...underhanded tactic--akin to basic forgery," Karger said...
...Zhifang, 46, has been involved in property development and investment. He was director of two Hong Kong-listed companies, one of which has been tarnished by a financial scandal. Ever since, Deng Zhifang has kept an extremely low profile. And if history can offer any guide, that is a tactic his siblings would be well advised to mimic. During the last major power shift in China, Mao Zedong's family plummeted from privilege. His daughter was retired into obscurity, his nephew was thrown into jail, and his wife Jiang Qing, implacable enemy of Deng, was arrested, tried and convicted...
Miramax has always had a genius for picking films. Sometimes it picks them out of the gutter. The Miramax tactic: find a pretty orphan, take it home, dress it up and show it off. When TriStar said no to Pulp Fiction, the Weinsteins eagerly said yes and snagged their biggest hit ever. Last year 20th Century Fox backed out of The English Patient just before the film was to begin shooting. Instead Fox pinned its Oscar hopes on another sweeping morality play, The Crucible--only to see it swept away, at the box office and in the Oscar race...