There is a suspicion that it might pull a similar trick with Pekao.
That's because the city has equipped three bus routes with wireless technology that can pull off a trick every commuter has dreamed of: switching a red light to green on command.
Although Intel, under CEO Andy Grove, was able to abandon the memory business and focus on microprocessors at a time when Japanese firms, backed by generous government subsidies, were driving their American rival out of the memory market, the company has not been able to pull a similar trick when it comes to the architectural transition from x86 to ARM.
Now that business seems to have stabilised, banks must pull off a harder trick than the simple one of slashing jobs: how to position themselves to take advantage of an upturn, while keeping costs tight in case the market turns down again.
Now Meg Whitman is trying to pull off a rather different trick - stopping a computer industry titan from slipping away into irrelevance.
It would be a neat trick if he could pull it off - giving the opposition a share of the blame for unpopular spending cuts would make excellent strategic sense.
It would be a difficult trick to pull off, for sure, but one that might well be worth attempting.
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It is a tough trick to pull off, as any working parent knows.
Jiang is staking his leadership on building a strong relationship with the U.S. He insists the two countries should have good relations in spite of their differences, a neat trick to pull off when the disagreements are so deep.
The film is famous for a camera trick Hitchcock invented to represent Scotty's vertigo - a simultaneous zoom-in and pull-back of the camera that creates a disorientating depth of field.
This potted history may tell what happened, but it raises a question: how did Enron manage to pull off its confidence trick?
Now, in order to pull off this hat trick, Ben, you have to look a little dumb--and so far you have been doing a fine job of this.
Producers knew they couldn't pull off that trick with this year's Battle of Blackwater, a big rebel siege that begins on a river and spills over into the capital city.
Should he care to try, Mr Lamy will need all the finesse he can muster if he is to pull off the political trick of delivering radical reform without the appearance of it and more than a dash of Mr Prodi's sense of humour.
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