Nevertheless, in proposing his own stimulus legislation this week, he included a gimmick that, while offsetting some costs in the short term, would make the deficit worse over the long term.
Richenthal wrote, "Parks and Recreation features too many hilarious characters to include such a gimmick".
Carl Wallnau, the director, opens the proceedings with an invigorating collage, and his staging includes a funny gimmick: seating a few audience members in theater boxes on the stage itself.
Mr. Soifer, whose other summer gimmicks include a Tastykake sculpturing contest, has not stopped his creative whims for winter.
The menu includes a few gimmicks: the first drink is always served in the same delightfully sensory way, which engages the ears as much as the mouth.
Drinking games are often involved – popular ones include a shot for every ridiculous gimmick, unsubtle key change or your country scoring the maximum "douze points".
If Wright stays a Met and gets off to a strong start in a Citi Field that will no longer be so cavernous, and if Davis looks good next April, too, then maybe the mood will brighten in time for all the anniversary events and gimmicks, which also include a giveaway at each home game of a No. 50 jersey with the word "Fantastic" stitched on its back.
The idea of including a lens seems like a gimmick and not something that people would want to use in that kind of way.
Most of them, he said, include photo favors, a gimmick where guests get their picture taken, then choose from an assortment of funky frames from candy boxes and snow globes to key chains.
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.
