Your shop cares about you: 5 absolutely true things heard at a bike shop - Examiner
27 May 2012, 1:10 pm
Sometimes, these things seems like a ploy to earn more business and sell more gear, but the advice actually comes from a wealth of experience. The following list highlights a few things that are often met with skepticism from consumers ...

Civility plea a ploy to avoid scrutiny - The Australian
27 May 2012, 6:08 am
IT is the height of hypocrisy for Labor and gallery journalists to call for the opposition to ease the pressure on the government because of its potential impact on Craig Thomson's health. The Thomson-Health Services Union scandal is a political drama of ...

Mystics' chairlift ploy stumbles - Adelaidenow
27 May 2012, 4:49 am
THE stunning success of the Northern Mystics' chairlift tactics last week has failed to be replicated in this weekend's action. The Mystics failed in four attempts to repeat the ploy in the one-goal win over the Canterbury Tactix in Auckland. And the West ...

Cohn: The LCBO’s sleeper ploy that drives people to drink - Toronto Star
26 May 2012, 4:53 pm
Wait for it: Next weekend, another of those notoriously glossy LCBO magazine-style inserts will be tucked into your Saturday paper for your alcoholic edification. This time, I’m told, it will be all about backyard boozing in the summer heat. Every few ...

Rice professor calls Dewhurst amnesty attack on Cruz 'desperation ploy' - Dallas Morning News (blog)
25 May 2012, 12:22 pm
Rice University political scientist Mark Jones says Senate front-runner David Dewhurst's last-minute radio ad trying to link rival Ted Cruz to support of amnesty for illegal immigrants has a flimsy factual basis and is risky. But it shows how badly ...

Cloaked in History, 76ers Force a Game 7 - New York Times
23 May 2012, 9:07 pm
PHILADELPHIA — As a motivating ploy for the Philadelphia 76ers leading to Wednesday’s Game 6 against the Boston Celtics, Coach Doug Collins showed his players a video from the 1982 N.B.A. playoffs. The video featured the Sixers going to ...

McClellan: Bennett’s birther ploy just doesn’t sit well - East Valley Tribune
22 May 2012, 6:31 pm
If it wasn’t so sad it’d be laughable. The “it,” of course, is the renewed Birther movement right here in Arizona, which is fast becoming the petri dish for the bizarre. For two sessions in a row, the far right loons (sorry, there’s no better ...

Some HTC phones released from Customs after Apple patent ploy stalls shipments - bgr.com
21 May 2012, 9:57 am
HTC on Sunday announced that some of its smartphones have already been inspected by United States Customs and have been released to carriers. The Taiwan-based vendor hit a roadblock last week when its devices were held up in Customs due to an ...

Miliband ploy to split the Tories on Europe by promising in-or-out referendum on EU membership - Daily Mail
20 May 2012, 5:07 pm
Ed Miliband is considering promising an historic in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. Labour hopes pledging a vote will provoke a split in the Conservatives and outmanoeuvre David Cameron on Europe. The plan is being pushed by Mr Miliband ...

Substitute ploy a winner for Giants - The Canberra Times
13 May 2012, 5:37 pm
Eyebrows were raised when debutant ruckman Andrew Phillips was named as Greater Western Sydney’s substitute on Saturday, a role normally reserved for running players. Eyebrows were raised when debutant ruckman Andrew Phillips was named as Greater Western ...