51.   Erudite, involved, historically inaccurate, it may be intended as a political ploy with a comic denouement.

52.   Fears of a Communist comeback and a split in society, however, are more than a political ploy.

53.   Hanson told The Associated Press the fraud charges were a political ploy to torpedo her campaign for a Senate seat.

54.   Libyan dissidents said the reports appear to be a political ploy by Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

55.   Libyan dissidents said the reports appeared to be a political ploy by Gadhafi, who is under pressure to turn over the two primary suspects.

56.   On Sunday, Lee again denied the opposition charges, calling them a political ploy designed to erode his popularity.

57.   Opposition leaders said Mugabe planned the occupations as a political ploy to rally support for his party ahead of parliamentary elections expected to be held in May.

58.   Patterson accused Seaga of invoking the IMF as a political ploy.

59.   South Korea forbids its people from attending the rally, which it considers a political ploy.

60.   Taylor told the judge Tuesday that he never wanted to go through the trial because he thought it was a political ploy by prosecutors.