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After the November 2000 G8 protest in Montreal, at which many protesters were beaten, trampled, and arrested in what was intended to be a festive protest, the tactic of dividing protests into " green " ( permitted ), " yellow " ( not officially permitted but with little confrontation and low risk of arrest ), and " red " ( involving direct confrontation ) zones was introduced.
According to a report by the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the most common tactic is the direct regulation of financial advisers — including hedge fund managers, which is primarily intended to protect investors against fraud.
A trap is a device or tactic intended to catch an intruder, enemy, error, or substance.
Human wave attack, also known as human sea attack, is an offensive infantry tactic, in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun the defenders by engaging in melee combat.
The feared object or subject is sometimes exaggerated, and the pattern of fear mongering is usually one of repetition, in order to continuously reinforce the intended effects of this tactic to frighten citizens and influence their political views.
However, the entire Battle of Utapau is a diversionary tactic, intended to remove Kenobi from Anakin Skywalker's immediate circle of influence in order for Chancellor Palpatine to draw Skywalker toward the dark side of the Force.
Some historians speculate that Suleiman's final assault wasn't necessarily intended to take the city but to cause as much damage as possible and weaken it for a later attack, a tactic he had employed at Buda in 1526.
This display was intended as a slight towards Elphinstone and as a scare tactic to prompt the defection and recruitment of British sepoys to the Peshwa's side.
* Icing the kicker, a tactic intended to disrupt a field goal kick in American or Canadian football
Contrary to the general practice of a road-clearing operation which consists in concentrating necessary troops to destroy in gradual steps the ambushes set up by the enemy along the highway, Hiếu intended to interdict the enemy to set up ambushed locations in resorting to diversionary tactic.
The tactic is commonly used when a station is about to undergo a major change ( such as a change in format, branding, frequency, ownership or management, or even the acquisition of a high-profile program or personality ), or simply as a prank on listeners and rival broadcasters ( e. g. a temporary April Fools ' Day stunt that does not involve an on-air change ); either way, stunting is intended as a way to generate a greater amount of media publicity and audience attention to the station, by virtue of its shock value, than a straightforward format change could provide.
This tactic was intended to get the soldiers close enough to the enemy so that it was almost impossible to miss a shot.
Security guards videotaped picketers in an attempt to enforce a number of injunctions aimed at keeping the peace around picket sites ; the union, however, in several instances, accused security of attempting to instigate fights and that the videotaping was intended as an intimidation tactic.
In the same election, using a tactic modeled on the city's original $ 5 marijuana law, voters approved a charter amendment intended to protect access to abortion in Ann Arbor if it ever became illegal in the state of Michigan.
It was intended to be launched in large numbers-10 or more missiles launched nearly simultaneously was envisaged for a typical attack ; indeed the name Wasp derived from this " swarm " tactic.
Whilst this material was intended to expose the supine attitudes of those within the ' anarcho punk ' milieu who did not challenge such blatantly provocative sentiments ( a tactic which Andy Martin had used since his entrance to the group ), they undermined the coherence of the band's ideology, leading Stewart Home, in his book Cranked Up Really High, to describe The Apostles as " locked into ... a stasis if not actual paralysis ".

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Another defense tactic involved Constantine blocking off the port so that the Ottoman army could not get ships into it.
However, the askers of said questions have learned to get around this tactic by accusing the one who answers of dodging the question.
This form of spin uses the tactic of blowing small circumstances out of proportion to get a certain reaction from the public.
In his thinking this was a necessary tactic to “ show the Israelis they could not get away without a price for killing our people .”
In another delay tactic, the bill was criticized as being unconstitutional by Einhorn's attorneys and they tried to get the French courts to deny the extradition again, on the grounds that the law would be inapplicable.
* Can't get out first ball-This tactic is commonly used if the rule of " you can't get out first ball " is in place.
This tactic is countered by the fielding team by disallowing single runs altogether, thus forcing the batsman into positive strokeplay to get runs.
As a distraction tactic, Columbo regularly asks to get behind the wheel of a suspect's car ; he pesters suspects who are authors to sign copies of their books, and requests actors to arrange for free tickets to their performances.
" Murphy, who accepts the validity of evolution, said that Johnson called a trustee in an attempt to get her fired and stated " His tactic has always been to fight dirty when anyone attacks his ideas ".
If the sheriff officers managed to get as far as the entrance, another tactic was to humiliate them-pulling down their trousers was a commonly used method.
As mentioned before, during the " Mani pulite " period Craxi tried to use a daring defence tactic: he maintained that all parties needed and took money illegally, however they could get it, to finance their activities.
Cramer said that he should have demanded more debates and rebuffed the walking tactic: " I never could get that turned around.
When Perkins uses a new tactic to get them away, after he is shot in the face by one of the outlaws with a hose, he says he will talk to their fathers.
In 1998, Andrews tried a new tactic by attempting to get a European heritage week declared in London, Ontario.
It is not until the early twentieth century that we get clear evidence of deliberate use of large scale naval smokescreens as a major tactic.
He also tried to get in close to Driscoll, holding with one arm and delivering body blows with the other, which saw Driscoll adopt a similar tactic.
* In the film Ghost, Sam ( Patrick Swayze ) sings this song on a continuous run in a bad English accent all night long, convincing Oda Mae Brown ( Whoopi Goldberg ) to help him ; Sam's girlfriend Molly ( Demi Moore ) later reveals that Sam used this tactic to get her to agree to go out with him.
This “ grooming for sex ” tactic allows males with a clean chest to get to copulate with females, even if at low rate .</ br >
The term originated from use of the technique by track cyclists prior to starting, or as a tactic in track sprinting whereby riders will initially ride very slowly and maneuver across the track in an effort to get their rival to take the lead so that they can then draft ( or slipstream ) behind, conserving energy for the final sprint.
Penguins owner Mario Lemieux claimed at the arena's ground-breaking ceremony that relocating the franchise was never a possibility, but instead it was a negotiation tactic to help the team get funding for the arena from both state and local officials.
The primary tactic is to rush between five and eight players on each play, either to get to the quarterback quickly or disrupt running plays, although dropping some players back into pass coverage after seemingly indicating that they will blitz ( see zone blitzing ) is another method of creating confusion.
" He explained that Popovich used the tactic " to eliminate 3-point attempts " and with 25 seconds or less at the end of quarters to get the ball back for the Spurs to gain the last possession.

tactic and Frank
This tactic was used by Frank Rijkaard, who whilst at Barcelona, moved Lionel Messi from the left flank onto the right wing, initially against the player's wishes, allowing him to cut into the centre and shoot or cross with his left foot.

tactic and turn
The term " frigate " implied a long hull design, which relates directly to speed ( see hull speed ) and also, in turn, helped the development of the broadside tactic in naval warfare.
Luthor warns them not to try such a tactic again, as he will turn them into his next morbid experiment if they do.
With the advent of limited overs cricket promoting more adventurous batting styles and the use of ever heavier bats this style of bowling has declined, although some off-spinners will still use this tactic when the pitch is offering very little or no turn.
One tactic that CNR perfected was to demarket a line by providing sufficiently poor service to its few customers, that those customers would turn to trucks for improved service and lower costs.
However, supporters of Socialist Appeal have rejected this turn and they are the main Trotskyist group in Britain which maintains the entrist tactic in the twenty-first century.
Since the turn in France, Marxists have used the tactic even if they had different preconceptions of how long the period of entry would last.
The adoption of the pistol as the primary weapon led to the development of the stately caracole tactic where cuirassiers fired their pistols at the enemy, then retired to reload whilst their comrades advanced in turn to maintain the firing.
The PIT maneuver is a pursuit tactic by which a pursuing vehicle can force a fleeing vehicle to abruptly turn sideways, causing the driver to lose control and stop.
If done roughly or in the wrong position ( e. g. close to the entry of the turn ), this tactic can destabilize the handling of the lead car sometimes causing a crash.
This tactic was first made public on 7 May 1957 at Eglin AFB, when a B – 47 entered its bombing run at low altitude, pulled up sharply ( 3. 5 g ) into a half loop, releasing its bomb under automatic control at a predetermined point in its climb, then executed a half roll, completing a maneuver similar to an Immelmann turn or Half Cuban Eight.
Another tactic is to organize highly mobile pickets who can turn up at any of a company's locations on short notice.
This turn of events surprised many, as these organizations were traditionally opposed to strikes / boycotts as a negotiation tactic.
Unlike individual time trials where competitors are not permitted to ' draft ' ( ride in the slipstream ) behind each other, in team time trials, riders in each team employ this as their main tactic, each member taking a turn at the front while team-mates ' sit in ' behind.
ACCCE disavowed the tactic and blamed the forgeries on their subcontractor, who in turn blamed a temporary worker, acting alone.

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