1.   A common tactic is to roast the duck until the legs are tender, then make a sauce to compensate for the dried-out breast.

2.   But the hospital put him on a waiting list, a common stalling tactic used at the time.

3.   Fleet leader Andy Lovell said he first thought his friend was blocking his wind to keep him from starting well, a common racing tactic.

4.   He said the defense was using a common tactic to make the jury question whether the evidence could have been contaminated.

5.   He was referring to a common trading tactic, in which a trader borrows shares and sells them, on the expectation that the share price will fall.

6.   It is a common union tactic to threaten to strike.

7.   Kidnapping is a common tactic of tribes seeking government services, such as new roads.

8.   Morton was referring to a common trading tactic in which a trader will borrow shares and sell them on the expectation that the share price will fall.

9.   Offering jurors the option of convicting on a lesser offense is a common tactic by prosecutors.

10.   Offering a guaranteed rate of return to big institutional clients was once a common sales tactic for brokerages but was outlawed as unfair to small investors.