Constantly inviting such dangerous players as David Silva and Raheem Sterling to carry the ball into the final third does not seem the most sensible of strategies, but Manchester City were short of ideas and invention and Leicester got away with it.
In addition to inviting such facetious Onion-like headlines as "North Dakota House Passes Homo Rights Lawaw, this bill creates the basis for policing all pregnant women.
Carly Fiorina, dropped as HP's boss in 2005, made things worse by inviting such publicity.
They hosted a series of afternoon seminars, inviting guests such as Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and Sheila Bair.
For two weeks, hitchBOT toured the Northeast, saying inviting things such as "Would you like to have a conversation? . . .
It reinvented the studio programme, inviting historians such as Alan Bullock and EP Thompson to give lectures, and writers such as Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan to interview fellow writers.
A cursory glance at the website's late-deals page throws up inviting offers such as seven days in Kos including flights for just £188 per person.
Activision UK, meanwhile, held a big launch bash at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, inviting celebrities such as Jack Whitehall and Olympic gold medalist Louis Smith to indulge in the multiplayer mode.
In 1992, Columbia Records threw Bob Dylan an almighty 30th anniversary concert, inviting artists such as Lou Reed, Neil Young, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, the Band, Pearl Jam, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson to share the stage with the singer.
It is inviting organisations – such as charities, universities, trade associations, professional bodies, societies and interest groups – to become "Friends of The Scotsman", which would give them the right to contribute to a new editorial section.
