To its shame, the Legislature almost bought into the ploy, barely defeating the measure by a lone vote.
I was sucked into the ploy at first, the whole "Klout but better for the people!" thing.
But if this is the narrative terrorists are selling, Islamophobia plays right into their ploys.
The victims also included newly-arrived immigrants, such as the "gang" entrapped into a supposed ploy to kidnap Victoria Beckham.
With courage, Labour could turn Osborne's cynical ploy into an opportunity to transform the debate on the issues of welfare, poverty, fairness in our society.
Even worse, the preschool proposal too readily turns into a political ploy to brand people who want to aim before spending billions of taxpayer dollars as being against poor children.
He also took pains to explain that allowing inspectors in with no realistic chance they would disarm Iraq would only play into Baghdad's "ploy" to delay tougher measures.
"These workers allowed the business to thrive, and in exchange they were allegedly cheated out of wages, fined for ridiculous reasons" and, he said, "pulled into a painstaking ploy to cover it all up".
The slam made Clinton look small, it made Obama look small, it turned a moment of genuine accomplishment into a political ploy, but it did follow the rules of gangland: At every second, attack; at every opportunity, drive a shiv between the ribs.
However, although the Ion's control switches had a lot of resistance dialed into them, this ploy doesn't make them feel expensive.
The rivalry between the New York Red Bulls, ranked No. 6 on our list, and NYCFC, ranked No. 7, has grown from manufactured marketing ploy into a genuine territorial dislike.
