Sentences with phrase «cynical ploys»

Anyway, The Death Star DLC move is (IMO) one of the most cynical ploys by a games company in a while; a depressing reminder that games company's have very little respect for the audience they cater for these days.

This cynical ploy follows a series of recent outrages: free drugs for seniors, a staged increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an...

Perhaps, as some argue, Trump channels the anxieties of a class whose economic and social standing is in demonstrable decline as a cynical ploy to win popularity — this is a man who once called the poor «morons» — while winking at the «establishment,» who can take comfort in knowing that this reality - television caricature of themselves actually shares their political opportunism, if not their economic values.

We all know it is just another cynical ploy for the TV networks to get another live game on the screens, but Theo Walcott thinks that the novelty could work in Arsenal favour as we look to go top of the table before everyone else plays over the weekend.

I'm sure that's not at all a cynical ploy to attract younger voters.

It smacks of a grubby, cynical ploy that prioritises bussing middle class students to the polls over people with genuinely unpayable debts.

Cuomo's liberal and conservative rivals immediately denounced it as a cynical ploy and questioned the incumbent's record on women's issues.

«In hindsight, it's easy to see the whole thing was just a scam, a cynical ploy to drive a radical agenda using the muscle and money of organized labor while widely ignoring the actual concerns of New York's working people.

Observers say the move is a cynical ploy to distance himself from assistant commissioner John Yates, whose two - hour review into the original inquiry in 2009 concluded that there was no need to re-open the investigation.

Twenty - six of the 51 members of the Council charged in the letter that the world's biggest retailer's support of local causes is a cynical ploy to enter the market here.

The Working Families Party, the labor - backed political party that has feuded with Mr. Cuomo, cried foul, claiming the WEP was a cynical ploy to siphon votes from the WFP.

That expansion comes two months before the Democratic primary, something Tillard called «a cynical ploy.»

It wasn't just a cynical ploy, but an embrace of voters with different motivations for voting, shorn of the critical language with which so many still describe Conservatives.

«It's a cynical ploy that will not resonate with the residents of Bedford - Stuyvesant.»

While 36 % say the tax move was sensible and necessary, 47 % say it was a cynical ploy ahead of the by - election.»

But some scholars and activists find the name a cynical ploy, since it houses the country's most diehard conservation biologists.

But when Sue walks up to the counter of the general store, their cynical ploy falters in the face of the shopkeep (Titus Welliver), who speaks to Sue as if he were the film's writer, breaking down her carefully composed behavior with homespun wisdom and analysis.

Everyone knows they are a cynical ploy to suppress the participation of poor and minority citizens — likely Democratic voters.

I was inclined to write off the Jetta Hybrid as a cynical ploy to undo all of Volkswagen's goodwill towards its TDI program; a car that merely pays lip service to the hybrid trend, a true compliance car if there ever was one.

Or is it a cynical ploy by larger forces to give readers the feeling of helping them, while actually encouraging them to place their orders on line?

It's a cynical ploy, but it works with gullible animal lovers, as we have just seen.»

Worse, it's a cynical ploy by a major publisher to (literally) trade on players» desire for a new entry in a beloved franchise.

And being long DEAD doesn't save you from this cynical ploy, as Rachel Carson could tell you, if she was not in fact dead lo these many years.

Marion: And being long DEAD doesn't save you from this cynical ploy, as Rachel Carson could tell you, if she was not in fact dead lo these many years.

The sale of SPR fuel, which he supports now because of the pain at the pump and which he opposed a month ago when prices were higher, is clearly another cynical ploy.

Sceptics would see it as a cynical ploy to reduce the amount wasted by diverting some of it to something useful.

It is, as everyone knows, a cynical ploy put forward simply to allow the government to say that it has a policy.

But that's a cynical ploy.

It is being promoted by envi onmentalists as a cynical ploy to raise...

For instance, Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign director Kelly Martin called the initiative «a cynical ploy for public goodwill» that «falls far short of what is necessary to protect our communities and our climate from the dangers of methane pollution.»

It was a cynical ploy.

I'm not saying this was all just a cynical ploy to glom onto the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas and use it for his political ends, but hey, in politics, when you can do some good while doing well, it's a win - win.

I have long held that FINTRAC is a cynical ploy by Revenue Canada to use 9/11 as a pretext to ferret out tax evasion schemes, and I still do, Therefore, I put my hand up to ask the question «How many terrorists and money - launderers have we Realtors caught, after a year of implementation?»

Not exact matches

So while it may be cynical to view this latest statement as a political ploy, it may be just as cynical not to.

Not long after Lion launched its new labels, Consumer group Choice criticised the move as «no more than a cynical marketing ploy» and «spin» from the Japanese giant.

But a government tending to its legitimacy can not simply be dismissed as engaged in a cynical political ploy.

There are definitely those who see it as a cynical marketing ploy dreamed up by greeting card companies and florists (or is it restauranteurs and wine retailers?)

says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

George Albro of New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

Continuing the former minister said, «It has become a pattern of behavior that each time Dr. Ngozi OKonjo - Iweala is internationally recognized, Governor Oshiomole and his cohorts embark on a cynical and devious ploy of trying to pull her down locally».

Based upon Harold Gray's popular comic strip «Little Orphan Annie,» the Depression - era story revolved around an optimistic moppet, her dog Sandy and her benefactor, billionaire Oliver «Daddy» Warbucks.Updated to the present with a multicultural cast, the sassy, spunky tyke (Quvenzhane Wallis) is temporarily adopted by a cynical cellphone mogul, Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), as a ploy for voter appeal when he runs for Mayor of New York City.

From a cynical perspective these might well be pre-election ploys to curry favour and garner votes.

With the exception of the bad joke cynical marketing ploy being played on the more money than brains consumer... McLaren Senna... I completely agree with you.

A cynical marketing ploy, we thought.

Gigs in galleries, where visual art has no intrinsic role in the music, come across as little more than cynical, synergistic brand - building ploys on the part of art institutions and their corporate sponsors.

I will not allow our hard work to be rolled out in a manner that has no chance of success... Moving forward on immigration — in this hurried, panicked manner — is nothing more than a cynical political ploy.»

This was a cynical PR ploy by the major professors.