Word: strategem
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Those precious seconds often expand to fill 12 commercials. Every big play demands a time out; each coaching strategem a countermove. Teams trailing by a significant margin throw up arching three-point attempts and play a full-court press. Leads change hands; clutch buckets take on anomalous importance...
Arming the Persian Gulf region's monarchs with more weapons than they have soldiers to fire them may be the most politically appealing strategem, but it is probably the most ineffective way to safeguard American interests. Carter has termed the area "vital" to the security of the United States, vowing to protect it militarily, along with Western Europe and Japan. However, no number of American troops can maintain stability in the face of the resurgence of Moslem fundamentalism and the psychological dislocation of modernization...