This may seem to the cynical a mere show or public relations, and a few of those cynics are in the church.
By choosing Sarah Palin as his running-mate he made a cynical tryst with a party base that he has never much liked and that has never much liked him.
It is true that many in the EU assume the Polish objection, on the environmental grounds, is a cynical ploy, a shield for the true political objection and wariness towards their old masters, the Russians.
There is a cynical view that sometimes a small war can help in the middle of an election.
Also new is a shift in emphasis: turning the settlements from a political issue, which seems to have little traction with a cynical public, into a legal one.
What is more, waiving this amendment in the absence of such reforms could be perceived as a stupefyingly cynical reversal of a formal presidential commitment made just last July.
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Luke Dorn was close to breaking the line, only to be downed by a cynical Tomkins tackle which earned a severe ticking off from referee Steve Ganson.
The Republicans could equally be accused of playing a cynical game, voting against a package they know will pass in order to appear thrifty yet not risk being accused of sabotage.
To say he is cynical and a smart you-know-what would be to sort of understate it.
For that matter, you should be cynical about a lot of things.
So even if this is a cynical and calculated dinner hosted by a president in danger of losing political altitude, I'll take it.
The interpretation may seem a touch cynical, but how about a skilfully beatified shell company?
Even if his statement on currency manipulation was a cynical ploy for votes, he has nonetheless created a clear marker by which important constituencies will measure him.
Katzman had a cynical sales pitch, insisting the SAT measured nothing but a student's ability to take it.
This is a cynical and shameful attempt by the government to earn money from a relationship breakdown and to try and make savings.
The DUP says it is not against a referendum in principle, but it sees Mr Trimble's move as a cynical tactic and says any border poll should be held on a separate date from the assembly elections.
In that film, Ms. Marling played an enigmatic beauty who might have been, as she claimed, a time-traveler from the future, or the cynical priestess of a crackpot cult in the San Fernando Valley.
Flanker Andy Saull was sin-binned for a cynical tap-tackle on Abendanon with the full-back chasing down a grubber kick.
With a fresh, non-American perspective, Jelinek makes clever, cynical observations about a life that was seemingly lived in the public eye.
In a cynical gesture, he gets his cousin Boris the job of Iraq correspondent for a Zagreb newspaper and newswire where he's employed, except that Toni rewrites his cousin's reports.
"A cynical perception has evolved among brokers that because of its need to maximize profits as a listed entity, the exchange has become lax in performing its regulatory duties, " says R.
Similarly, one of the U.K.'s most pre-eminent crime writers, whose Rebus character is a cynical, down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic detective, reveals a weakness for high-end Cartier watches.
The nation has had revolving-door governments--another election may come in November--and a cynical population has responded to the Fukushima disaster that followed the terrible earthquake and tsunami with a blanket wish to shutter the nuclear industry.
The nation has had revolving-door governments another election may come in November and a cynical population has responded to the Fukushima disaster that followed the terrible earthquake and tsunami with a blanket wish to shutter the nuclear industry.
"This is a cynical move which will damage London tourism and traffic and keep costs high for passengers, " a spokesperson for the airline said.
It may be a cynical question, but would Ferdinand have been quite so absent-minded if his appointment was for a fashion shoot or a lucrative newspaper interview?
Many viewed this as both a cynical and shrewd move by Huffington given that AOL would have surely preferred to pay using its shares rather than a large percentage of its cash.
To put a more cynical spin on it, foundations are good for a celebrity's image.
The alternative narrative of nationalism used as a cynical distraction from lawlessness and graft is buried.
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It's not so much a conspiracy, he says, as it is a cynical ploy.
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