Derek Fisher, the union president, called Stern's deadline a tactic "with no real purpose but to sway players' sentiment".
We learn a little of the deadline-dodging tactics of Fleet Street's finest but personally, I think we should have propped up a bar and ordered some G&Ts.
Instead of August 2 being the debt default deadline, Boehner's tactics and now his statement to his own troops have created market expectations that will either be met -- or be disappointed, possibly creating a real sell-off in American treasuries.
The Israeli official said setting deadlines was a familiar tactic of Palestinian brinkmanship.
Morano: "No, and this happens repeatedly, every time they give a deadline... .. Doocy: "This is a tactic, a tactic".
Some Democrats are even arguing against attaching strings, like a deadline for withdrawal, saying the tactic will fail as it has in the past.
Another F.D.A. tool, the "approvable" letter, has come to be seen by some analysts as a way for the F.D.A. to make a decision by its deadline but that is really a delaying tactic.
At that time a new interim president elected by the parliament was to be installed or Privert's term officially extended, but the deadline passed without event owing to stalling tactics by members of the parliament.
So: when YOU are a parent, YOU may find that the hours approaching bedtime involve a steady increase in household tension as YOUR hellion children line up their tactics to avoid the duvet deadline.
Analysis and evaluation of negotiation tactics and strategies indicated that negotiation deadline significantly influences the convergence performance of the negotiation.
