One of his ploys was an attempt to interest us in a new dish he claimed was a Canadian speciality: steak with vanilla ice-cream.
Although this episodic caper looks like a free-for-all, his brazen schemes require high levels of intelligence and the underlying design of his ploys is quite breathtaking.
Was this television performance, many speculated, just another of his ploys to stay in power, whether as a leader or behind the scenes?Mr Saleh's capacity for slipperiness and manipulation is legendary.
One of his ploys is paying bounties to families of Palestinian suicide bombers.
Moyes will hope his ploy of resting key personnel works as his revamped side was outplayed here with ease.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers made seven changes to the weakened side defeated by Real Madrid in the Champions League this week - but his ploy of making the Chelsea game a priority failed as they were condemned to defeat.
His ploy of supporting militarily one Sultanate against another, often changing alliances, brought rich rewards for a while.
Always willing to take risks in order to win, Fender's main objective was to surprise the opposition; legends grew of his successful ploys.
Or are these reports of his retirement just a ploy on the director's part to get a little respect and make us appreciate him in a way we haven't in a good long while?
Scenes show his alcoholic rages and his unusual ploy of hiring a mild-mannered actor to shop his paintings around, giving the artist's name as Fred Scaboda.
