So it changed course, picking Saturday in Virginia On Friday, when Mr. Ryan left home through the back door, his sister-in-law stayed behind as a decoy for his wife, who had already left with the couple's children.
And perhaps most importantly, who of you would I be comfortable leaving behind as a decoy so I could dodge death personally?
Around the corner, as always, came the screens of decoy runners with lurking ball-carriers behind; invariably waiting were a steely posse of defenders to snuff out the threat.
So it was no great surprise when Leeds took a 12-0 lead inside 10 minutes, with McGuire passing behind two decoy runners to send Chev Walker over on the left, and Mark Calderwood punishing an error by the Bulldogs' full-back Luke Patten to touch down Sinfield's downfield kick.
Like many of Mr. Guzmán's homes, this one was equipped with elaborate escape hatches: a decoy beneath the refrigerator, and another behind a closet mirror, which he used to flee as the battle raged.
He succeeds and leaves behind a professionally-made decoy of Kaoru with a sword in her heart, making everyone believe that she had been murdered.
Here and in other areas of the exhibition, visitors can see how the hunters set out decoys and hid behind blinds on the shore or, lying on their backs, inside shallow boats called sink boxes camouflaged with tufts of dried grass.
Coyotes can decoy the first dog, while another coyote circles around behind it and gets the sheep.
He was more afterthought than asset, more distraction than revelation, a decoy who played a greater role on special teams than behind center.
The decoy cannons were painted black at the "muzzle", and positioned behind fortifications to delay Union attacks on those positions.
