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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"ploy"”.
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Topics of Learning in the Context of Electoral Competition and Conflict
… state even when they may be cognizant of the ploy of insurgents. The question then remains: Are voters always gullible making it possible for strategic violence to work its miracles for the rebels? Using a macroeconomic learning model under the assumption of adaptive expectations, I display …
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The legality of the Air Defence Identification Zones under International Law
… however some argue that ADIZs are used as a ploy by states to extend their territory and in doing so violate international air law by restricting the freedom of overflight in international airspace.2 However this cannot be argued at face value, simply because there is no universal procedure …
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Sustainable Living: Integrating Climate Adaptation in Bangkok's Informal Settlements
This thesis intends to demonstrate how the largest urban vulnerable communities in Thailand, using the case of At Narong in Khlong Toei, an informal settlement of over 30,000 residents who rent lands adjacent to the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) in Bangkok. The PAT plans to evict the slum …
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Managing public perceptions : reading success in Agamemnon's diapeira
… present a more positive public image is a shrewd ploy to subordinate both the host of laoi and the elite gerontes in the wake of Achilles’ rebellion. Agamemnon’s test unfolds gradually in four distinct narrative sections in Iliad 2. In Narrative Section 1 Zeus’ deceptive dream, in the form of …
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Penelope, domestic power and the morality of deceit in Homer's Odyssey.
… un-weaving, of Laertes’ shroud is a brilliant ploy which successfully keeps the suitors at bay until the trick is revealed by one of her maids. This, however, is not the only example of Penelope’s ability to deceive. Although much has been made of the cunning and resourceful means by which …
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‘Amore Captus:’ Turning Bedtricks in the Arthurian Canon
… there are two occasions in which the bedtrick ploy is used with the specific intent of engendering a prophesied child. Each involves a third-party enchanter who uses magic and disguise to bring about the encounter. The first is the conception of the future King Arthur by Uther and Igraine with …
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Propaganda, surveillance and cyberspace: consequences of online dirty tricks
… is ironically symmetrical with Russia’s alleged ploy of warping perception in America’s 2016 presidential election. Moreover, the FBI’s fake terrorist propaganda website that was a part of a scheme to monitor and encourage US citizens to fight in Syria. Betwixt in the multitudes of fractured …
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The Antichrist and the "trewe men": Lollard apocalypticism in late medieval and Early Modern England.
… dreaded Antichrist was more than a rhetorical ploy used by the Lollards to cast aspersions on their opponent. They corroborated the historical record of the papacy's rise to power with the absolute standard of the 'law of Christ'. Biblical prophecies of the Antichrist's tactics were confirmed …
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Observers' Perceptions of Rapport in Accusatorial Interrogations
… strategies, specifically the false evidence ploy and minimization themes. Then, participants answered questions regarding their impressions of the interrogator's and suspect’s credibility, perceptions of the case and suspect’s guilt, and expected utility of confessing. In Study 1, 383 …
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Revolution, military personnel and the War of Liberation in Bangladesh
… used by the ruling elite of West Pakistan as a ploy to strengthen their 1 military strength in East Pakistan, because they already decided to undertake a military solution to the political crisis, in fact for crushing the revolutionary movement by force. The Bengali military officers, who were …
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Choice Blindness: The Incongruence of Intention, Action and Introspection
… participants, on certain trials, a double-card ploy was used to covertly exchange one face for the other. On these trials, the outcome of the choice became the opposite of what they intended. Counting across all conditions of the experiment no more than a fourth of all such manipulated trials …
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The protection of minority rights: a comparative survey with special reference to South Africa's constitutional options
… of minority rights as yet another Apartheid ploy to maintain White domination and privileges, the purpose of this paper has been to prove that minority rights is a universal concept and is not a creation of Apartheid, although the National Party has managed to almost irreversibly taint it. …
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Seventh-day Adventism and Apocalyptic Political Dissent, 1898-1919
… They depicted the Open Door policy as a sinister ploy to enforce US commercial interests, denounced Euro-centric notions of international law, and arraigned the missionary enterprise for its complicity in making a mockery of both diplomacy and Christianity. Finally, chapter 4 considers the intense …
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The framing of the African National Congress? 55th national conference by international online news media
… the rand and markets, Phala-Phala as a political ploy, Winners and Losers: Game framing the leadership contestation, The scandal- tainted Former Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. The frames were identified, analysed and reported using critical discourse analysis. The study found that the coverage …
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Fauxtopia
To all who come to this fictitious place:Welcome.Fauxtopia is your land. Here, age relives distorted memories of the past, and here, youth may savor the challenge of trying to understand the present. Fauxtopia is made up of the ideals, the dreams and the fuzzy facts which have re-created reality... …