Alas, Mr Trump's tax plan is just an opening gambit.
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Now, at Manchester United, Mourinho's opening gambit is no different.
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Some analysts chalk up the fighting words to an opening gambit.
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Rather, it feels like his opening gambit in a much larger play.
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It was less of a plan and more of an opening gambit.
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Mr Trump's anti-Mexican rhetoric, in other words, could be an opening gambit.
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They still are, in fact, which makes this an uninteresting opening gambit, honestly.
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Here it looks as if, you know, that's kind of the opening gambit.
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However, we should realize this is an opening gambit, not a finished product.
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Nadler's opening gambit is more sledgehammer than scalpel, carrying risks and potential rewards.
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I tried using it as an opening gambit but he did not bite.
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"It's the end-of-the-bar book club," I said as an opening gambit.
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It's a canny opening gambit, a reminder that art history's canon remains open-ended.
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While Rick chugged Red Bulls, the Riddler typed yet another unsuccessful opening gambit on Tinder.
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That's because both parties would still initially nominate their own candidates as an opening gambit.
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You can see it in Ms. Williams's opening gambit, the Irish crackers and hot tea.
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It was an "opening gambit ... more sledgehammer than scalpel, carrying risks and potential rewards," wrote Honig.
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He was now ready to make his opening gambit, and was about to play it to perfection.
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Last month in Washington, the company finally unfurled its opening gambit, and it's not a car, exactly.
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U.A.L. marks down 216 percent from full retail as an opening gambit, then slashes further from there.
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It's a memorable opening gambit and seemingly a declaration of a specific tone and intent for the film.
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Iran has said that it will not negotiate over these issues, but that is but an opening gambit.
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But mindful of his career as a negotiator, some view last week's moves optimistically as an opening gambit.
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But it's not clear whether the White House thinks that the RAISE Act is just an opening gambit.
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Trump told Bloomberg his tax proposal was just an opening gambit in a negotiation with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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But they dismissed Cameron's opening gambit on benefits as a crude measure that would breach treaties on free movement.
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His aides said the speech is the opening gambit of an effort to upend the conventional wisdom about Sanders.
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"I love it, you got me already," gushed Deborah Meaden within a few minutes of the M2000 founder's opening gambit.
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Trump's proposal will be the opening gambit in a months-long process consisting of hearings, backroom negotiations, and political grandstanding.
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Now that they'd made their opening gambit, prosecutors needed a next move, preferably one that would actually put someone in handcuffs.
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But Libratone's opening gambit here is to start with just Amazon's Alexa as its chosen partner for 'smartifying' its premium hardware.
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The Republicans' opening gambit — secretly negotiated for months, and endorsed by Trump — would have cut the highest tax rate to 35 percent.
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As any chess player knows, the opening gambit can mask a subtle war plan that is not plainly obvious at first glance.
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Rhonda, unfortunately, is down for the count, her body crushing the roof of a limousine in the show's go-for-broke opening gambit.
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The Trump administration cannot decide if its peace plan is an opening gambit to trigger a compromise or a fait accompli that precludes one.
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His opening gambit has been to propose legislation granting a blanket amnesty to rank-and-file FARC guerrillas who are not wanted for serious crimes.
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The offer for Starwood looks like an opening gambit to thwart the merger with Marriott so the final price is likely to be even higher.
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The ambiguity and timing of Putin's remarks also suggested that he may be laying an opening gambit in his relationship with the new US President-elect.
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A step away from globalism—Donald Trump's most consistent campaign theme—could make for an awkward opening gambit given pockets of Republican resistance to overt protectionism.
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Most of Sombra's abilities are preemptive; Translocator is your premeditated escape hatch, but Hack sets the table for dealing damage and Camo is more of an opening gambit.
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Sophisticated Russian intelligence tradecraft that was meant to be kept secret would not have permitted such an insecure opening gambit for establishing continuing communication with the Trump campaign.
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Trump's opening gambit for his negotiation over a new trade relationship has been to put Washington's adherence to the so-called One China policy on the negotiating table.
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The Count de Bussy's opening gambit was that France should have Cape Breton, now part of Nova Scotia and almost 43 times the size of St Pierre and Miquelon.
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"Neither the EU or Italy is incentivized to compromise it seems, at least in the opening gambit of the talks," said Patrick O'Donnell, investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management.
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What it would mean for you: When they began to rewrite the tax code last year, Republicans' opening gambit was to do away with tax deductions for medical expenses.
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This idea and every conceivable variant of it has been the opening gambit of innumerable spam emails and pop-up ads since about five minutes after the internet was invented.
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That included Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent, Bouchra Jarrar at Lanvin, Pierpaolo Piccioli's first solo show at Valentino and his former designer partner Maria Grazia Chiuri's opening gambit for Dior.
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When he first met Aleksander Ceferin, the then-recently installed president of UEFA, Pérez's opening gambit was to ask why Real Madrid endured so many injustices at the hands of referees.
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Mr Guzmán's extradition is an opening gambit in Mexico's diplomacy with Mr Trump, the most anti-Mexican president since James Polk, who waged the Mexican-American war in the mid-19th century.
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By raising its offer to 158 Norwegian crowns ($18.29) per Oslo Bors share, hours before its opening gambit of 145 crowns was due to expire, Euronext outbid Nasdaq's 152 crowns a share.
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Japan's SoftBank Group today is expected to launch its long-awaited tender for Uber shares, with an opening gambit that would value the company at around $48 billion, as first reported by Bloomberg.
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" From the opening gambit of "We hope you enjoy your stay, it's good to have you with us even if it's just for the day," to the visual lyrics of "I see London!
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As President Trump prepares the opening gambit in his project to either renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement or pull out, Mexico's most important strategic goal is narrowing to one word: deterrence.
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McConnell's opening gambit effectively knee-capped Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had been holding on to the two articles of impeachment passed by the House late last year in hopes of extracting concessions from McConnell.
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The good news is that presidential budget proposals are always the opening gambit in a negotiation process, and there are already signs that the president's approach will face pushback from fellow Republicans in Congress.
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In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Trump painted the possible move as an opening gambit for harder-edged negotiations with China on issues like trade and the country's expansion into the South China Sea.
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Cozy up and negotiate Many Chinese observers stress Trump's background as a business man and believe his posturing over Taiwan and the South China Sea is simply an opening gambit in advance of real business negotiations.
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President and CEO of the Business Roundtable Joshua Bolten speaking at the same Yahoo summit said the Trump administration had made "mistakes" in its strategy with China by slapping rounds of tariffs as the opening gambit.
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But in order to use the threat of steel tariffs as an opening gambit to broader negotiations with the global community, the Trump administration would need a great deal more of a resource it's lacking: credibility.
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And Anbang's offer for Starwood, in which it was joined by two financial partners, looks like an opening gambit to thwart Starwood's merger agreement with Marriott, so it is likely the final price will go even higher.
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There were hopes that this was all part of Trump's opening gambit, a negotiation strategy, and that the new administration would return to a middle-of-the-road China policy after the President's inauguration on January 20.
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When the opening gambit fails for a man who has been repeatedly promised that his non-fighting training will making him unbeatable in a fight, it undermines ten to twenty years of belief he has placed in magic.
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It was not immediately clear whether the leak was a genuine threat to the key agreement involving Canada and Mexico, or a message to the Trump base and an opening gambit in trade talks with the two neighbors.
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LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - The global crude oil market is starting to resemble a gigantic game of chess, with a bold opening gambit by OPEC and its allies giving them an advantage, but the game is still far from checkmate.
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On Thursday, May made her opening gambit to overcome the deep divisions in not only her government, but in her Conservative Party, parliament and across Britain by suggesting a new customs plan to keep trade flowing as freely as possible.
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The giant retailer was reported to have rejected an offer from the Justice Department to pay a $600 million penalty, but that opening gambit signals that the investigation is nearing a settlement that Mr. Trump's new attorney general can announce.
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Mr. Foa's appointment signals an opening gambit by Italy's populists to take their anti-establishment message, and ambition to reshape public perception, from social media to the televised media mainstream, where the vast majority of Italy still gets its information.
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While I don't want to seem cynical, developers may float an idea, make an opening gambit, then come back with what they'll frame as a compromise or a concession to some unanticipated engineering obstacle — which is really a win for them.
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Korg M1 Synthesizer - Part One is perfection: from that lingering shot of the Korg itself, to Willbo's bold opening gambit ("The Korg M1 is widely considered the first digital workstation"), through to his spellbinding run through the synth's onboard presets (Universe!
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President Trump's decision to block a mega-merger deal between Broadcom and Qualcomm appears to be just the opening gambit for a significantly bolder strike on Chinese technology and investment firms as well as Chinese nationals learning and working in the United States.
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He left, and now says he told his captain, Chris Cairns, what had happened—and that, rather than encouraging him to report what was clearly a match-fixer's opening gambit, Mr Cairns tried to recruit him to fix on his behalf instead.
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Backed by an array of legal and accounting experts, the rich view the early warning of an audit as just an opening gambit by the I.R.S. "They talk to their accountant, and he says, 'Calm down, it's a negotiation,' " Mr. Slemrod said.
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Backed by an array of legal and accounting experts, the rich view the early warning of an audit as just an opening gambit by the I.R.S. "They talk to their accountant, and he says, 'Calm down, it's a negotiation,' " Mr. Slemrod said.
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But then, was there ever really much hope for a hot take from a tabloid journalist whose opening gambit is "I never like it when entertainers go all political"—a line that wouldn't even make it into a Russell Brand stand-up when delivered ironically.
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So Ryan's opening gambit is virtually sure to guarantee the results Democrats seek and Republicans oppose, leaving his GOP colleagues to wonder how in the world they're going to excite and mobilize their own disappointed base in advance of next year's crucial midterm elections.
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Here is what organizers had apparently intended to print: And here, via Ravindu Thimantha G. on Twitter, is what actually appeared in the program in Colombo: If you're sitting around the Christmas dinner table, angrily trying to convince your parents that great rappers can be prophetic, consider this an opening gambit.
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On Wednesday, Iran indicated that it would take further incremental steps to openly breach the nuclear deal, partly as an effort to get Europe to extend an economic lifeline, and partly as an opening gambit in a new round of negotiations with the United States — something Donald Trump keeps saying he's open to.
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May's opening gambit should be to admit publicly that her deal has serious problems: She has acknowledged that her agreement is not "perfect," but she continues to argue that the Northern Ireland "backstop" is not a real threat because no one in the European Union wants to see the backstop become a protracted reality.
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In one striking sequence that highlighted his ideological resolve, Mr. Sanders ticked off a list of policy issues and challenged Mr. Biden to explain to the American people how he would address them — a series of questions that could be seen as an opening gambit for a list of concessions he would seek from Mr. Biden if he were to drop out of the race.
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As a whole, Bend Beyond is as full and broad as Woods have ever sounded. Sure, it lacks the adventure promised by its opening gambit, but this is a band shaping its ambitions at a gradual pace. As Jeremy Earl puts it: “It ain’t easy looking for different ways to make things stay the same”.
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The Halloween Gambit (also known as the Müller–Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit) is an aggressive chess opening gambit in which White sacrifices a knight early on for a single pawn. The opening is an offshoot of the normally staid Four Knights Game and is defined by the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nc6 :3. Nc3 Nf6 :4.
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Shrinking down again due to a fan she had picked up, Alice swims through her own tears and meets a mouse, who is swimming as well. Alice, thinking he may be a French mouse, tries to make small talk with him in elementary French. Her opening gambit "Où est ma chatte?" (), however, offends the mouse, who then tries to escape her.
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Several episodes, including the pilot, begin with a cold open, finding MacGyver already on a mission. MacGyver often narrates a story from his childhood relating to his current situation. He resolves this situation quickly, and the main story commences after the opening credits. The credits refer to such an opening sequence as the "Opening Gambit"it occurs far more commonly in earlier episodes than in later ones.
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Soon the show was playing to packed houses.Bordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930, p. 4 (1995) Prior to opening, there was a brief controversy over alleged similarities between the play and the play Apartment 12 K which had been rushed to opening to beat it. Though the plays have a similar opening gambit, they were not the same, and Apartment 12 K only had a short unsuccessful run.(22 August 2014).
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This segment is often written and directed by a different team than the main story of the episode. After the credits, the main story plays out in standard three-act structure. In many episodes, the opening sequence occurs after the opening credits and often does not involve MacGyver on a mission but rather in a situation used for character development. In the same manner as the "Opening Gambit" sequences, these opening segments often do not directly relate to the main story.
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London's The Sunday Times critic, Hugh Canning wrote: > Kent's production began with one of the most magical stage images I can > recall in recent opera seasons. Paul Brown's permanent set is a sandy island > with a pool of water representing the sea: in the prelude, a procession of > fully clothed people (presumably the Neapolitan shipwreck survivors) walk > out of the water like amphibious creatures, a dazzlingly surreal opening > gambit in a production remarkable for its narrative clarity and observant > delineation of character.
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The pottery's significance was twofold. Artistically and culturally it was a melding of 20th century design on what was then a traditional culture. It was also the first time that Puerto Rican artisans were able to express themselves freely in clay since the time of the Taínos. Puerto Rican Postmodern Economically and politically it was part of the opening gambit in the rapid economic development of the Island by the US after World War II. The pottery supplied pieces and works for then burgeoning tourist trade.
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On returning to the paper in October 1982, he began his column with the words, "And another thing".Levin, Bernard, "A noble dream, but I won't see it and nor will you", The Times, 22 October 1982, p. 12 This mirrored his opening gambit when publication of The Times resumed in 1979 after a printers' strike lasting nearly a year: his first column then had begun with the word "Moreover".Levin, Bernard, "Of cripplers, halt-bringers and working men", The Times, 13 November 1976, p.
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The earliest mention of Kallistratos was in 379 when the Theban Pelopidas used his name to gain entry to the home of his rival Leontidas in order to assassinate him. This was the opening gambit in the anti-Spartan party’s campaign to retake control of the Theban government and expel the Spartan garrison occupying the Kadmeia. Their success led directly to the Boeotian War (379-75).Plutarch, de Genio Socratis, §32 It is unclear whether Kallistratos was actually involved in the plot or what his name was supposed to mean to Leontidas.
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En route, he deliberately runs the bus into a ditch, telling the passengers it was an accident. The symbolism here is, by Steinbeck's standards, unusually heavy-handed: Juan, whose life is trapped in a figurative rut, escapes it by driving into a literal rut. The "accident" has temporarily stranded Juan and his passengers in a remote area. While they are waiting for Juan to seek help on foot, a walk of four miles, Pritchard engages Camille in conversation and expresses interest in helping her in her "career": she recognizes this as the opening gambit of a seduction, and she turns him down venomously.
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John Robinson Whitley opened his Earl's Court exhibition and fair grounds here in 1887, with the entrance in West Brompton in Richmond Gardens at the bottom of Richmond Place, named subsequently, Empress Place in honour of Queen Victoria's visit to the grounds. His opening gambit was the American Wild West Show which coincided with the Queen's Golden Jubilee and featured William Cody, aka, Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley along with a cortege of First Nation Americans. After Queen Victoria's personal attendance with her cortege on 9 May, the show became a runaway success. The show was not without tragedy, as three performers died during their tours.
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Nevertheless, just 18 months later the Times' Motoring Correspondent tested and reported on the Grey Lady under the headline "Few Concessions to Fashion Trends". His opening gambit was that this Alvis was now one of the few British cars that did not look American and, he said, there was little concession to the cult of streamlining beyond the two air scoops in the bonnet. He wrote that spacious internal headroom and wire wheels completed that picture. It was noted the instruments were not in front of the driver but in the centre of the dashboard (instrument panel) and so the speedometer was apt to be masked by the driver's left hand.
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Prince Parameswara fled from Palembang after being crushed by Javanese forces, The city was then plagued by pirates, notably Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming. In 1407, Chen was confronted at Palembang by the returning imperial treasure fleet under Admiral Zheng He. Zheng made the opening gambit, demanding Chen's surrender and the pirate quickly signalled agreement while preparing for a surprise pre-emptive strike. But details of his plan had been provided to Zheng by a local Chinese informant, and in the fierce battle that ensued, the Ming soldiers and Ming superior armada finally destroyed the pirate fleet and killed 5,000 of its men. Chen was captured and held for public execution in Nanjing in 1407.
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Prince Parameswara fled from Palembang after being crushed by Javanese forces, The city was then plagued by pirates, notably Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming. In 1407, Chen was confronted at Palembang by the returning Imperial treasure fleet under Admiral Zheng He. Zheng made the opening gambit, demanding Chen's surrender and the pirate quickly signalled agreement while preparing for a surprise pre-emptive strike. But details of his plan had been provided to Zheng by a local Chinese informant, and in the fierce battle that ensued, the Ming soldiers and Ming superior armada finally destroyed the pirate fleet and killed 5,000 of its men. Chen was captured and held for public execution in Nanjing in 1407.
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Most Polish leaders of that period wanted to create a larger Polish state; one optimal plan, dating back to the Paris Peace Conference, included the incorporation of East Prussia and the German city of Königsberg being placed in a customs union with Poland. At the same time, the exact boundaries of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were not desired, though mentioned as an opening gambit by Roman Dmowski. Much of this land had been controlled by the Russian Empire since the Partitions of Poland and its inhabitants were struggling to create their own states (such as Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia). The Polish leadership did not aim to restore the nation to its 17th-century boundaries.
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Cobb was accused of being a Communist in 1951 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) of the U.S. House of Representatives of the Congress, by Larry Parks, himself an admitted former Communist Party member. Cobb was called to testify before HUAC, but refused to do so for two years until, with his career threatened by the blacklist, he relented in 1953 and gave testimony in which he named 20 people as former members of the Communist Party USA. Later, Cobb explained why he "named names", saying: > When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an > individual it can be terrifying. The blacklist is just the opening > gambit—being deprived of work.
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Past columnists have included Chris Rose, Jeremy Alford, Andrei Codrescu and Ronnie Virgets. Regular features include "Opening Gambit" (political news briefs), and "Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down," weekly awards for the city's "heroes and zeroes." Gambit also publishes a weekly editorial and issues endorsements in many political races, with two notable exceptions; it does not endorse in national elections, nor does it endorse in judicial elections (on a longstanding political belief that judges should be appointed, not elected). The paper has won many local and national honors, and former Gambit writer Katy Reckdahl was awarded Hunter College's James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2002 for her series on the mistreatment of the homeless, and a 2002 Casey Journalism Center Medal for Distinguished Coverage of Children and Family Issues for her report titled "Louisiana Juvenile Justice" on the Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth .
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