Even Uri admits that he cannot imagine any more effective election ploy.
And an especially effective marketing ploy has always been the direct appeal, over the heads of supposed experts and fuddy-duds, to the consumer.
At the school gates, on the first week of term, my fellow mothers and I shook our heads in despair, horrified at how effective a ploy it was – a stark reminder of the innocence and vulnerability of our children.
This, too, is a favored, and often effective, choreographic ploy of Mr. Hoghe's; in one section, with both men bare-chested, Mr. Ueno lifted his partner at different angles as Mr. Hoghe spread his arms or pedaled his legs through the air, offering echoes of the classical pas de deux.
Still, this effective theatrical ploy – so very Scandinavian and socially progressive – has achieved its goal: People have been talking, and various titles have been trotted out to shock and illuminate.
It's an effective scene-setting ploy.
Three election "observers," including one from True the Vote, were so disruptive that a clerk gave them two warnings, but the ploy was effective: many students gave up waiting in line and didn't vote.
If coordinated correctly — and rarely is it not — the ploy can be effective.
