Manipulate
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They say whatever they think voters want to hear and
manipulate
their anxieties and fears.
They have a propensity to violate or
manipulate
international law when it is in their interest to do so.
Given the unpredictability of an angry electorate, and Russia’s proven capacity to
manipulate
news and social media, it would be folly to think that Macron is a lock.
What Trump lacks in rhetorical skill, he makes up for with his ability to
manipulate
an audience, with Twitter as his favorite tool for connecting to the masses.
In essence, this would amount to the signatories agreeing not to
manipulate
their currencies.
They
manipulate
elections, control the media, and are shaping the country’s institutions to further their own business interests.
The EU began life as a cartel of heavy industries determined to
manipulate
prices and redistribute monopoly profits through a bureaucracy located in Brussels.
Brazil is not the kind of country where a president can
manipulate
the constitution or close newspapers at will.
With instantaneous communication and access to information, the less legitimate a regime, the greater will be the temptation for it to manipulate, if not fabricate, the results of elections.
The most notorious chapter of The Prince, Chapter XVIII, which explains the circumstances in which it is permissible – and even desirable – for rulers to break promises, appears to argue that the most successful rulers think “little about keeping faith" and know “how cunningly to
manipulate
men's minds."
You cannot
manipulate
something unless there is something to
manipulate.
If an unscrupulous interviewer is looking for a particular answer or claim, they have the power to edit, manipulate, or even rewrite their subject’s words to that end.
Thanks to genomics and proteomics, we have begun to understand the role that neurotransmitters play in allowing parasites to
manipulate
host behavior.
Parasites that infect invertebrates can also
manipulate
neurotransmitter levels.
We are only just beginning to understand how these diverse puppet-master parasites can
manipulate
invertebrate and vertebrate behavior.
The result could be a new round of efforts by China to
manipulate
regional suspicion – or worse.
And she has an astonishing talent for simplifying complicated issues accurately, which she likely learned – along with how to interpret and
manipulate
the political connotations of every issue – from her father, former President Park Chung-hee.
Yeltsin failed to consolidate political support for other reasons as well, the most important being his unwillingness (or inability) to forcefully
manipulate
the media.
Before that, the Kremlin had little idea about how to
manipulate
the new media outlets that Russia's infant democracy had produced.
Regional administrations also possess their own instruments of obstruction, including propaganda outlets in the regional media, as well as the ability to
manipulate
ballot papers.
Such people are easy to manipulate, a concept that former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris calls “brain hacking.”
I am sure the IMF would never seek to
manipulate
a search engine, but I imagine that the Fund’s public affairs officials are happy if as few people as possible can access the 2006 version.
Such an approach would not only cause Western organizations and individuals to miss out on valuable opportunities; it also would strengthen the CPC’s capacity to control the flow of information,
manipulate
public opinion, and shape popular narratives.
And all three seem predisposed not only to believe in outlandish conspiracies, but also to use those beliefs to shape policy and
manipulate
the public.
Although most do not support Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, or the al-Saud family, they see hypocrisy in Western criticism of these leaders that is designed to
manipulate
and marginalize – after all, the West does not really want to push these regimes too far.
“To get apes to do anything you want them to do, you have to dominate them; you have to
manipulate
them into performing.
In the view of many professional psychologists and psychiatrists, Trump is not merely a bully, a showman, and a liar; he is more likely a mentally impaired individual who is impulsive, aggressive, and relentlessly driven to
manipulate
and blame others.
And it is very possible that, behind closed doors, Chinese officials are already testing their ability to
manipulate
some of the shadowy figures surrounding Kim, who appears increasingly paranoid about the possibility of a coup.
Government efforts to
manipulate
or block information should be presumed to be an abuse of power – one intended to mask many other abuses.
He challenged his colleagues to develop the capability to
manipulate
and control things on that scale.
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