American officials insist that this is a deliberate tactic, designed to force the adversaries to learn to solve problems together - alone.

Conquest of Canada was a tactic designed to give the Americans a strong bargaining position.

All of these are conservative tactics, designed to defend the status quo.

The substitute is a political tactic designed to kill the constitutional amendment, not a serious attempt to balance the budget.

What if all of this were some huge diversionary tactic, designed to make them look elsewhere while the real attack took place?

The "surge" is just another stalling tactic, designed to buy more time.

He also couldn't understand why she'd put him off, unless it was a feminine tactic designed to make him want her all the more.

Of course, it might just have been an act on her part, a tactic designed to help business.