grandstand play
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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
Last week, still ailing and still talking of retirement, the 73-year-old Premier launched a desperate grandstand play to prolong his political life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, in a grandstand play, Jackson phoned a stockbroker and announced that the dividend was $3.80 a share.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a characteristically Rubinsteinian feat�part grandstand play, part musical passion.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I wonder what sort of crazy or calculating grandstand play Darrin is trying to make just now?" pondered Midshipman Jetson, when informed of Dave's action at the meeting.
From Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
