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Another effective tactic in his charm arsenal is to disarm with...
...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. His utter mastery of the rules and his reputation for honesty are why he got the job after his friend Tom Daschle of South Dakota was defeated...
...launched a thousand battles in China centuries ago--and a million management books in the past decade purporting to adapt Tzu's sublime Eastern battle philosophy to winning in Western business conflicts. Tzu counseled self-knowledge and restraint. "Subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful" tactic, says Tzu. Nonsense, says Bing. The traits rewarded in business are "raw, amoral, naked aggression and the will to win." Even at lunch. In the Bingian view, if you want to be a great strategist or win gracefully, that's very nice. And very Tzu. But no one will...
...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...