Amputation has also been used as a tactic in war and acts of terrorism ; it may also occur as a war injury.

They " conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection.

Classic uses include a sense of balance in numerous games, where each person has found or developed a tactic that cannot successfully better his results, given the other approach.

Historian Eric Hobsbawm has called their machine wrecking " collective bargaining by riot ", which had been a tactic used in Britain since the Restoration, as the scattering of manufactories throughout the country made large-scale strikes impractical.

The occasional short-pitched ball aimed at the batsman ( a bouncer ) has never been illegal and is still in widespread use as a tactic.

The term has been applied to any tactic, psychological or otherwise, which can be seen as subverting an individual's sense of control over their own thinking, behavior, emotions or decision making.

The effectiveness of outing as a political tactic depends on the willingness of the media to report that a person has been outed.

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.

This tactic has been ineffective since 2005.

This tactic has the advantage of potentially subjecting multiple computers to surveillance.

In the mid-20th century, with the integration of fire-control systems into major cities, police found that high-pressure fire hoses could be effective in dispersing a crowd ( the use of water cannons and fire trucks has remained an effective nonlethal tactic to disperse riots ).

The strike tactic has a very long history.

In Portland Oregon a tactic called a “ bike swarm ” has been used by Occupy Wall Street protesters to separate marching protesters from police.

As rape and other forms of sexual violence have increasingly been used as a tactic of war by militias involved in the conflict, the IRC has stepped up its sexual violence aid and protection programs.

Fleischer is credited with having been the first to introduce the phrase " homicide bombing " to describe what has also been called suicide bombing, in April 2002, to emphasize the terrorist connotations of the tactic:

While the match has been going on, Carl's previous efforts to kill the gopher have failed, and he has now wired much of the course with plastic explosives in a final scorched earth tactic.

It has supported the non-violent direct action as a tactic to oppose the presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Scotland and strongly opposes the replacement of Trident.

This has resulted in boats that do not perform identically on all points of sail, which opens up another match racing tactic of forcing the opponent onto an unfavored point of sail.

The tactic of quorum-busting — causing a quorum to be prevented from meeting — has been used in legislative bodies by minorities seeking to block the adoption of some measure they oppose.

Apple has also employed this tactic in their G5 workstations in an effort to reduce noise.

While companies providing blog ghostwriters claim that falsely attributed postings are a legitimate marketing tactic, the practice has been deemed unacceptable by a major US paper, The Los Angeles Times.

The most successful tactic to prevent legalization has been state constitutional amendments against same-sex marriages.

It was occasionally an effective tactic, but was unattractive for spectators and never became widely used except by a handful of specialists such as Fred Root, the Worcestershire bowler and Warwick Armstrong, the former Australian captain.

Fast-advancing players occasionally attempt to blockade an opposing piece, but this tactic can backfire if the other player is aware of it.

( Modesty occasionally used a tactic that she called the " Nailer ," in which she would appear topless, distracting the bad guys long enough to give Willie or herself a chance to incapacitate them.

Usually, a strong hold on the female's abdomen and blows to the intruder are enough to deter the unwanted competition, but occasionally the competitor has been observed to employ a sneaky tactic to inseminate the female.

Al occasionally uses this tactic for certain song parodies for which no video was made.

It was the opinion of some of us that these must be part of the Committeemen who had been in the Battle of the North Bridge, which entitled them to a sort of veteran status, and we felt that if they employed this tactic, it was likely enough the best one.

With many oarsmen dead or unfit to serve, the powerful, head-on ramming tactic for which the quinqueremes had been designed failed.

Nevertheless, the tactic of intimidating the batsman is still used to an extent that would have been shocking in 1933, although it is less dangerous now because today's players wear helmets and generally far more protective gear.

In this battle he used his cavalry superiority to clear the field and to envelop the enemy on both sides with his infantry, a tactic that had been very successfully employed in Italy.

The Taliban have been accused of using terrorism as a specific tactic to further their ideological and political goals.

The 3500 Union casualties were over 3 for every 1 of the Confederates ; Grant admitted the tactic had been a " stupendous failure ".

Since Odysseus seems to be the only person ( perhaps excepting Telemachus ) who can actually use the bow, it could merely have been another delaying tactic of Penelope's.

Because Japanese air defenses made daytime bombing below jet stream-affected altitudes too perilous, LeMay finally switched to low-altitude nighttime incendiary attacks on Japanese targets, a tactic senior commanders had been advocating for some time.

The tactic of the deep phalanx had been anticipated by Pagondas, another Theban general, who used a 25 man deep formation at the Battle of Delium.

Fumbling forward, as the Holy Roller play ( see below ) demonstrated, once was a viable offensive tactic in desperate situations, but the rules have been changed to discourage that.

Cleveland's defeat of his opponent, James Blaine may have been helped by another discrediting tactic used against him which seriously backfired, namely the assertion that Cleveland's party was that of " Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion " ( the latter two referring to Roman Catholicism and the American Civil War ).

It might have been decisive if not for the faulty Union tactic of storming into, rather than around, the resulting crater, allowing the defenders to shoot down onto attackers unable to climb the steep crater sides.

In 1955, Parks completed a course in " Race Relations " at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee where non-violent civil disobedience had been discussed as a tactic.

However, this tactic requires more fielders and is notably more spectacular, therefore is only used to dismiss batters who have been in for a long amount of time.

In reality, the move to Canada had been a tactic by which production could be slowly wound down and remaining dealer franchise obligations honored.