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Edinburgh is beautiful all year long – but summer takes some beating.
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While Vista takes a beating in the press, Microsoft seems increasingly willing to disclose details of its forthcoming OS. (Neil McAllister)
No matter what you call it, it's an election ploy
Kremlin Decries Journalist's Beating
An attack on the editor of a small Russian newspaper has caught the Kremlin's eye, but critics suggest it is a ploy to defuse social tension.
The Japanese government's latest ploy to revitalise the economy is to make corporate entertainment by large companies partially tax-deductible. For the moment only small and medium-sized firms may deduct a limited amount of money spent entertaining clients as a business expense http://econ.st/1e8va24
U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf
By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT
The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, officials said.
The Wall Street Journal leads its worldwide newsbox with the more than 20,000 security personnel deployed in Urumqi, China, where at least 156 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in Sunday's clashes between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
ploy
noun [C]
something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly:
There are various ploys we can use if necessary.
[+ to infinitive] He only said he had a meeting as a ploy to get her to leave.
━━ n. 策略, やり口; 浮かれ騒ぎ.
deploy
v., -ployed, -ploy·ing, -ploys. v.tr.
To be or become deployed.
deployable de·ploy'a·ble adj.
deployer de·ploy'er n.
deployment de·ploy'ment n.
The Japanese government's latest ploy to revitalise the economy is to make corporate entertainment by large companies partially tax-deductible. For the moment only small and medium-sized firms may deduct a limited amount of money spent entertaining clients as a business expense http://econ.st/1e8va24
U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf
By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT
The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, officials said.
The Wall Street Journal leads its worldwide newsbox with the more than 20,000 security personnel deployed in Urumqi, China, where at least 156 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in Sunday's clashes between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
ploy
Pronunciation: /plɔɪ/
Translate ploy | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanishnoun
Origin:
late 17th century (originally Scots and northern English in the sense 'pastime'): of unknown origin. The notion of ‘a calculated plan’ dates from the 1950sploy
noun [C]
something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly:
There are various ploys we can use if necessary.
[+ to infinitive] He only said he had a meeting as a ploy to get her to leave.
v., -ployed, -ploy·ing, -ploys. v.tr.
- To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.
- To bring (forces or material) into action.
- To base (a weapons system) in the field.
- To distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically.
- To put into use or action: “Samuel Beckett's friends suspected that he was a genius, yet no one knew . . . how his abilities would be deployed” (Richard Ellmann).
To be or become deployed.
[French déployer, from Old French despleier, from Latin displicāre, to scatter : dis-, dis- + plicāre, to fold.]
deployability de·ploy'a·bil'i·ty n.deployable de·ploy'a·ble adj.
deployer de·ploy'er n.
deployment de·ploy'ment n.
take a beating
trial balloon
n.An idea or a plan advanced tentatively to test public reaction.
[From the use of balloons to test weather conditions.]
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