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Rope-a-dope only works (well) in an electoral setting, where you let the other side punch itself out and then the voters decide.
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Rope-a-dope is great, but eventually you have to score
Charlie Gillis 2010
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Rope-a-dope was Ali's historic strategy to let Foreman just beat the hell out of him, landing effective punches to the mid-section, but protecting the head.
Breaking: McCain Campaign Suspends Campaign Due To Crisis, Calls On Delay For Debate 2009
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Rope-a-dope defensive tactics are not going to win this election for the Democrats.
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Budd Schulberg, or Newfield if he were here, may suggest the Muhammed Ali tactic of the Rope-a-dope.
Bill Cunningham: What Schulberg Might Have Told Obama About Fighting 2009
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Rope-a-dope ': "We're into euphoria control around here," said one to the president's closest advisers.
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Ali employed a strategy called "Rope-a-dope" in which he feigned passivity by repeatedly sagging against the ropes and allowing Foreman to attack him.
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In each of the three 2008 presidential debates, Barack Obama played Ali to John McCain's Foreman by employing his own version of Rope-a-dope - in fact, double Rope-a-dope.
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“Rope-a-dope” was the phrase coined by Muhammad Ali to describe the strategy he used to achieve his famous victory over George Foreman in the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
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“Rope-a-dope” was the phrase coined by Muhammad Ali to describe the strategy he used to achieve his famous victory over George Foreman in the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
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