31.   The question as she does is whether her grand political play will be seen as gaudy political ploy and backfire.

32.   The testimony was inadmissible in a civil suit filed as a political ploy and thrown out by the judge as groundless.

33.   Then his political ploy backfired.

34.   This way is just a political ploy to bury two state agencies.

35.   To critics, the program that aims to get religious congregations to adopt welfare families and help them achieve economic independence is a political ploy.

36.   Tony Blankley, a spokesman for Gingrich, said that creation of the panel appeared to be a political ploy.

37.   Was that just a political ploy, not meant to be taken seriously?

38.   With parliamentary elections coming, many Poles saw the demonstrations as a political ploy.

39.   Others close to the gambling industry contend the new measures are a political ploy to satisfy the public demand for more controls on gambling.

40.   Other aid officials dismiss Koygma as a temporary political ploy.