strategem

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Enormously successful at first, this strategem had a fatal flaw.

From Salon • May 8, 2016

Remarkably, a politician known for his caution has now bet his career, and the future of the U.S.-Israel alliance, on the same strategem.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2015

Ex Parte 103 was to many an official less a plea than a strategem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thieu was considering a strategem under which he would simply ignore Paris and unilaterally propose to resign and turn power over to a six-man "government committee" that would hold new presidential elections in three months.

From Time Magazine Archive

English take position at, 234; they prepare for battle, 235;the Normans prepare, 236;William's strategem, 236-237.Heidelberg,

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin