Its backtracking may have been just a bargaining tactic to get the best deal for giving up its nuclear program.

Some Turkish critics of the Government here take it to task for its bargaining tactics.

With that in mind, or perhaps merely as a bargaining tactic, some Clinton advisers say censure may be unworkable.

The coming days will tell whether the party's position is a bargaining tactic or a serious threat.

But a court remedy can take years, and decertification is not supposed to be a collective bargaining tactic.

Policy divisions alone do not explain the sharp swerves in recent American trade rhetoric and bargaining tactics.

And any initial expression of disinterest could be a bargaining tactic.

"We also began a litigation in federal court in anticipation of this same bargaining tactic."

Some experts said that the latest Soviet moves on strategic arms appeared to be a bargaining tactic.

"I think this is a bargaining tactic by the city," he added.