Sentences with phrase «ploy designed»

At the time, it was unclear at the time if Deasy's initial recommendation to call for repeal of the trigger was genuine or if it was some kind of a ploy designed to put the Board members voting for the motion in the politically difficult position of opposing the parent trigger law in its entirety.

Whether it was a ploy designed to try and intimidate or influence me to reconsider running, one can only guess.

Others opted for a different line of attack; claiming the government's consultation figures to be wholly un-representative or worse still, a ploy designed to cover up the fact that the issue was a foregone conclusion.

«This attack pushed by Washington Democrats is a phony ploy designed to mislead Central New Yorkers.

It is therefore not a counsel of moderation, but a ploy designed to force Republicans to accept the overreach and the policies of the past year and half.

I and others of like mind criticized the drug culture and related antics as a self - indulgent distraction from the goals of racial justice and peace, and worried that the new enthusiasm for «ecological consciousness» was in fact a conservative ploy designed to turn the movement away from the cause of the poor.

It addresses a range of issues, such as how statistics often is misused, how scientific progress is made in general, that the «scientific method» is not always as straightforward as one might like to think, the influence of stake - holders, the importance of knowing the context of the research, relationships between science and policy, and ploys designed to bypass logic.

I'm beginning to suspect that you haven't a bloody clue what the answer to my simple question is either and that your diversions onto questioning motivations and honesty are little ploys designed to cover up this unhappy fact.

While I can't speak to the motivation behind every company offering such a service, my experience leads me to one general conclusion: they are marketing ploys designed to convert you to a paying customer of their resume - writing service.

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Which he has designed to catch the Gunners into it as he ploys to make the Gunners become over-confident and be complacent.

It only ran for one race in 2010, and was part of a marketing ploy by Toyota who were running a competition where fans could design their own livery.

«Today, the Meng campaign has been caught red - handed in one of the most malicious schemes any of us have ever seen: an outrageous ploy to deceive Jewish voters with a fraudulent candidate designed to manipulate the electoral process in her favor.

After Afoko won resoundingly the elections, the Naked emperor Akufo - Addo who is seen by some persons in the NPP as a «vampire» designed and pushed an uncanny terror and an incendiary ploy against Chairman Paul Afoko, one that's similar to how Akufo - Addo began to knock heads of party elders to demand from the winner who is my Asante elder - President Kufour who had been elected, to relinquish and surrender his authority as the flagbearer of the party for the loser Akufo - Addo after Sunyani 1998 congress.

«All natural» is a marketing ploy used on the front of many pretty food packages, designed to deceive consumers into thinking they're making a healthy choice.

The 1968 Rachel, Rachel was the outcome of Woodward's exile; she and Newman admitted it was carefully designed as a vehicle to resuscitate her career, and the ploy worked brilliantly — he directed, she starred, and together they led the film to four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Best Picture.The following year Woodward and Newman reunited onscreen for the auto - racing drama Winning, and again starred together in 1970s politically charged W.U.S.A., a reflection of the couple's high - profile support of liberal causes; when 1971's They Might Be Giants proved unsuccessful, Newman directed Woodward to Best Actress honors at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in - the - Moon Marigolds.

It's designed to wrap up Molly's inspiration and influence, but plays like a cheap Hollywood ploy to mop up loose ends.

This ploy is simply part of the political bargaining that is designed to separate schools from any budget problem.

While nothing stops states from designing easier tests and lowering cut scores from one year to the next — practices that many experts say New York State has engaged in — NAEP exams, given nationally, are protected from such ploys.

Schools rely on ridiculous marketing ploys, advertising «themes» and practices designed to draw students.

And, actually, the Special Edition name here refers to a trim line, sort of an intermediate stage designed to give Canadians that little bit of extra content without the premium price point, a ploy other manufacturers have followed with special editions, sometimes referred to as «Canada Value Packages», that seem to suit thrifty Canadian sensibilities while adding some of the most desired features.

The ploy seems to be working as the state court in Duesseldorf Germany has now stated the design changes are enough to not consider the 10.1 N as an... [Read more...]

The ploy seems to be working as the state court in Duesseldorf Germany has now stated the design changes are enough to not consider the 10.1 N as an iPad copycat any more.

That makes a lot of sense as a design ploy — it teaches you how to use your new item.

This is, I believe, was a deliberate ploy to encourage us all to make use of one of the coolest features of this app; that fact multiple AR designs can be used simultaneously.

Although noted, Mairead Delaney who rolled around in wet concrete to make a sculpture of her body, Thea Duskin who set up a tattoo parlour to offer her watercolour designs for a bargain $ 500 (# 370) each, and the Satellite fair's ploy of a free haircuts to pull viewers down to its abandoned hotel site, did not mark — victims of overload, as when an excess of detritus floats up on the beach.

Perhaps Harper's reportedly defeatist letter asking for «joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector» is merely a ploy, designed to highlight the hypocrisy in U.S. demands that we reduce our emissions while the U.S. oil and gas sectors have been going gangbusters — the U.S. will soon become the world's largest oil and gas producer.

Call it a clever ploy, but a word - design cushion will make your guests feel right at home, especially if you style it in the right way.