On the trickiest regional issue, Basque separatism, he has played the card of national unity.
Yet, as far as I can tell, Lula has never played the populist card of attacking private air travel.
Rather than despair, Moskowitz played his trump card--himself and a few key Ceradyne employees--to get the best deal he could.
In Thailand and Malaysia, the governments have played another nationalist card: announcing the expulsion of large numbers of foreign workers.
He was viewed as having played the race card one too many times, especially in light of the increasing evidence against him.
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But longtime associates insist that he never played the race card, unlike other pribumi tycoons who lobbied for government favors and debt forgiveness on account of their ethnicity.
Newcastle were surprisingly lacking any sense of real urgency, and Shearer played his final card with 20 minutes left by sending on Shola Ameobi for the tiring Viduka.
And right now, the studies that make up that assessment are closely held, ready to be played like a hole card in poker.
That said, the card Merkel has played this weekend is a one-time pass, a Boy Who Cried Wolf trick.
For instance, a card could be played on some ranged units to tie them to a specific square that they would defend until death, essentially turning them into defensive structures.
Counterparties like Goldman Sachs, knowing it could use the bankruptcy laws to force AIG to sell high quality assets to pay off its gambling debts, played them like a Vegas card sharp never losing a minute of sleep worrying that the rube might go broke.
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Perhaps such hesitation played a part in the red card he received in the 1-0 defeat by Ukraine in World Cup qualifying last October.
Reduced access to auto credit, lower credit card limits and closed accounts played a role, too.
Credit-card-fuelled consumer spending played a significant role in South Korea's economic recovery but left a legacy of bad debt.
Simon Church came on to make his debut on 60 minutes, but the Reading striker collected a yellow card moments later when he played on after the referee's whistle.
The video which played off the handset's MicroSD card ran smooth, though was definitely suffering from blocking -- not so much the result of UMB as the compression used to store the video.
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Scotland sit third in the Fair Play League - behind Norway and Denmark - and McGhee insists the attitude of his players has played a key role in maintaining a low national card count.
"I played a lot better and keeping a bogey off the card over the weekend means I'm not too far away, " he told BBC Sport.
India's hole card, its favorably young demography, will be played gradually.
As a matter of fact this was so: she played bridge that afternoon like John Henry, just putting down any card that suddenly occurred to her.
There are also a number of inconsistencies in the script, the most notable of which concerns Stahl's green-card marriage of convenience to a British TV producer (played by Elizabeth Hurley).
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Caps played for much of the game without defender Silent Katumba who was shown the red card for a foul.
McCaw appeared fortunate to avoid a yellow card on the hour mark for an infringement in a ruck, and he immediately played a key role in turning over possession as the Springboks threatened the line.
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