THEY weren't fooling when they named this "The Pirate Movie," since it's the show-business equivalent of buccaneer tactics that landed this version of "The Pirates of Penzance" into neighborhood theaters several months ahead of the other version, the one based on the Broadway production.
Because the political rhetoric described a holy war in which evil had to be defeated, questioning police tactics was equivalent to supporting drug abuse.
Yet somehow the political landscape in the U.S. has fostered an environment where asking tough or uncomfortable questions is the equivalent of using "gotcha" tactics or is considered just plain unpatriotic.
Using negatives to get to a positive is a lazy approach, it is the equivalent of the playground tactic of, "oh yeah, I know you do that, but what about this?" It starts with the accusatory tone in order to get attention.
The Bush administration, which views the moratorium as an illegal trade tactic, filed the equivalent of a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization in May.
An equivalent agreement with Australia, known as Tactics, is similarly cloaked in secrecy.
Under these conditions, back-up spanking led to less noncompliance or antisocial behavior than 10 of 13 alternative disciplinary tactics and produced outcomes equivalent to the other three tactics.
The outcomes of customary physical punishment (e.g., spanking frequency) were equivalent to those of alternative disciplinary tactics, consistent with the closest replication of Straus et al.[ 1] in this study.
It's the third world equivalent of the American middle-class tactic of keeping your future all-Pro in school an extra year.
I imagine leaking this memo is the equivalent of leaking the England squad's tactics to the other side before a game, and it allows Cameron to block the process by adjusting his own tactics.
For 17 years, Tulane University's law school was host to an annual conference about deal law and tactics that had become the equivalent of Davos for the rainmaker crowd, with many deals brokered in the hallways.
