There were some early maneuvers connected with the Ashcroft fight evident in the capital as Congress returned.
And not risking everything on an early maneuver in the opening race of the America's Cup finals was definitely the conservative, reasoned thing to do.
Sandusky had been caught in the subtle, early maneuvers of victim selection, and what Schreffler witnessed was Sandusky aborting his pursuit of the boy, not pressing forward.
Some $176 million in federal support has survived several early maneuvers in the House, and the full House plans to debate the issue July 18 as part of the proposed Health and Human Services budget.
You have "the subtle early maneuvers of victim selection," the screening out of children who object or who are supervised closely by parents, the testing, ingratiating, "grooming" and "desensitizing the target with an ever-expanding touch," the escalation of abuse.
And while claiming he did not wish to tip his hand, Francona surely won't expend Mariano Rivera early and maneuver his closer, Jonathan Papelbon, or the Angels Francisco Rodríguezz into an end-game situation.
It's early to be maneuvering for an election that's two and a half years away, they admit — but they admit it while pressing forward.
After fighting off several earlier legal challenges, maneuvering around allies and enemies and even agreeing to give up his post as army chief eventually, General Musharraf had seemed just a day away from securing his ambition of a new presidential term.
Months later, when the bill became the subject of screaming matches between senators and staffers in private meetings, this early tactical maneuvering became a focal point for outrage.
