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...Laine's sin? He wrote that local jokes hinted that Shivaji might have been the product of an illicit romance. His real misfortune was being a handy target in an election year: whipping up enmity against alleged Hindu bashers is a tried and true campaign tactic in India. Laine says he hasn't received the summons and although he considers India his second home, "I have no plan to go there in the near future?and certainly not to Maharashtra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Study in Conflict | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...just one day after he was shot in the abdomen while riding in a motorcade. The opposition Nationalist Party, which until the shooting had been narrowly favored to win, called for the election to be annulled and suggested that the assassination attempt may have been a final-hour campaign tactic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 29, 2004 | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...Harvard’s concerned females were joined under one umbrella organization, they could certainly be more effective. Communication and resource sharing between the groups would be easier and more efficient, and as a political tactic, one united voice certainly has more power to bend the ear of the administration than many factious ones...

Author: By Lia C. Larson, | Title: Division in the Details | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

...mobile-phone bomb is a simple but effective way to commit mass murder from a distance. The tactic worked 10 times during the Thursday-morning rush hour in Madrid as powerful explosives ripped open carriages, killing some 200 commuters and wounding more than 1,500 others. Like the 9/11 attacks, the Madrid bombings were impeccably timed to kill ordinary people on their way to work, and both left unforgettable tableaux of pain and destruction, the kind terrorists regard as spectacular. Not all the bombs took lives, though. Two similar devices were destroyed by police in controlled explosions. And thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror On The Tracks | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...tactic failed to produce substantial results...

Author: By Ryan M. Donovan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Disappointing Season Ends With a Bang | 3/10/2004 | See Source »

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