Sentence examples for extraordinary tactic from inspiring English sources

After waiting in vain for two years for Congress to meet this issue boldly, Cleveland adopted the extraordinary tactic of devoting his entire annual message in 1887 to a discussion of this question and to an appeal for a lowering of the tariff.

If it doesn't, Blair will be able to thank Campbell for diverting the debate about the war to an extraordinarily narrow battle about the origins of one claim in the dossier; a battle he may win with the equally extraordinary tactic of telling the truth.

Federal authorities used extraordinary tactics, including wiretapping traders' phones, to build their case against Mr. Rajaratnam and his accomplices.

The investigation is being led by Mr. Bharara, whose office has used extraordinary tactics in its pursuit of insider trading.

But Democrats said his quick arrest and his reported confession showed the system can respond to threats of terrorism without resorting to extraordinary tactics.

Reporters Without Borders, an NGO, considers Sri Lanka more hostile for journalists than any other democracy.Asked whether he could not have prosecuted a just war more justly, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the defence chief, says the government had no choice but to use extraordinary tactics against a monstrous foe.

Shorvon, while acknowledging he made mistakes, says the panel used some extraordinary tactics, such as locking him out of his office and going through years of e-mails, and that its overall conclusion was too harsh.

Opponents of the ordinance launched a campaign combining radical right religious freedom rhetoric and a campaign that used extraordinary fear tactics about bathrooms, saying that if a man claimed to be a woman he could use the "Ladies Room".

One slip-up here and you will be under extra pressure to use extraordinary evasion tactics.

The speech itself was extraordinary, but the tactic was not.

The trapped forces eventually surrendered, a victory put down to the Vietminh's siege tactics, extraordinary logistical build-up and well protected artillery.