Unfortunately, the ploy didn’t work.

不幸的是，这一招没有奏效。

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This time, however, the ploy backfired.

然而，这一次该策略看来是适得其反了。

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The ploy worked well for them for 44 minutes - and they even had a decent chance very early on for Custodio - but it made for a tedious game to watch.

这个战术在前44分钟内进行得很好——他们甚至在刚开场时有非常好的机会让库斯托迪奥破门——但是这也让比赛变得很沉闷。

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Some consider it an election ploy. But other surveys show the majority of French believe it is a useful conversation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

This is simply a ploy to show the diplomatic community that the EPRDF is compromising with parties.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Phipps appears to be the first company to be publicly linked to the ploy.

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The ploy worked as box office winners like Avatar and The Blind Side earned nominations.

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The ploy succeeded, because none of the accountants appreciated its significance until it was too late.

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