1.   Answering the question you want to answer, rather than the one that was asked, is an old political tactic.

2.   Albright is known for her candor, which she also uses as a political tactic.

3.   But as a political tactic, stonewalling is always risky.

4.   But the committee Democrats viewed the deletion of the provisions, proposed just three days ago, as a transparent political tactic.

5.   Fox quickly retreated, and Mexicans realized they had witnessed the deft use of a U.S.-style political tactic, the trial balloon.

6.   Gore, of course, is not indulging in some radical new political tactic.

7.   His veto is justifiable as a political tactic to negotiate a better deal.

8.   In effect, they said, the market would see through the economic event and recognize the default as a political tactic.

9.   Kremlin observers suspect a favorite Yeltsin political tactic is behind his silence over the Kosovo mission.

10.   Self-second-guessing may be an appealing human trait, even an effective political tactic if exercised mostly in private.