scheming

This is a character in flux, someone whose illusions of fairness and merit have been shattered by corporate scheming.

In other words, control of the House will most likely rest in the hands of voters, not scheming politicians.

Thompson’s scheming newlywed manipulates the other characters with the confidence of a queen who controls all the pieces on the board, but every so often she simply has to flip the table over.

Instead we are left with Henry attempting to install a kinder, gentler way of taxing the peasantry; Julia scheming to keep her pregnancy safe; and Ellen and Brian preparing to risk it all for love.

But, if you’re the Angels, none of that scheming really matters if you don’t hit on the second overall pick of the draft.