Mr. Soifer, whose other summer gimmicks include a Tastykake sculpturing contest, has not stopped his creative whims for winter.
He has wooed voters with what his opponents call economically risky gimmicks, including a promise to give 1 million baht ($23,000) to every one of Thailand's 70,000 villages and to impose a three-year moratorium on interest payments by indebted farmers.
It was the longest game in the nine-year history of the A.B.A., a league known for its many gimmicks, including a red-white-and-blue basketball, a 3-point shot and a no-foul-out rule.
Instead, he wants to fill the hole with one-shot budget gimmicks, including reneging on a promise to reduce borrowing for transportation investment and diverting funds from clean-energy programs.
"He promised four years ago to change the way Trenton budgeted, but this budget uses billions in one-shot gimmicks — including this latest tax amnesty windfall — that will have to be made up in future budgets.
At this concert, expect a stageful of quick-witted musicians, a few puzzling gimmicks (including, perhaps, an afro wig and a motion-sensitive synthesizer) and -- of course -- one extraordinary voice.
Gov. John G. Rowland vetoed the Democratic budget not just because it had an increase in the income tax but because it was unbalanced, violated the spending cap and had one-time gimmicks (including a temporary income tax surcharge on millionaires) that inflated the outyear gap to more than $600 million.
These cognitive illusions are used together with optical illusions that exploit the properties of light; visual illusions that exploit how the brain interprets images; memory illusions that exploit the reconstructive nature of our recollections; special effects such as explosions; and various gimmicks, including secret devices and mechanical artifacts.
And by mid-2015, with sales lagging, Pizza Hut already seemed to be less about the "Flavor of Now" and more about the "Tactic of Now" as it launched a stream of promotional and creative gimmicks, including; · Hot Dog Pizzas.
Beefcake, whose gimmick included cutting his opponents' hair, was wrestling The Genius, Perfect's manager.
