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(Drilling the ball at your opponent's back used to be a common tactic).
Referring to mistakes in the abstract seems to be a common tactic for those at high levels of power.
"Astroturfing" -- giving a richly-endowed group the appearance of a grassroots organization - seems to be a common tactic for the Peterson crowd.
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Deliberate mystification is a common tactic of autocrats.
Beheading is a common tactic among warring drug organizations.
While moaning about "unfairness" is a common tactic, it should not be dismissed too casually.
Just as importantly, they are militant and disruptive – blockades are a common tactic.
Offering jurors the option of convicting on a lesser offense is a common tactic by prosecutors.
Using the vice-presidential candidate to play bad cop is a common tactic.
Photograph by Holly Pickett / Redux Deliberate mystification is a common tactic of autocrats.
The use of suicide bombers is a common tactic here for Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
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