slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks . It was first brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in their book, All The President's Men ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking , last accessed: 14/06/2006). [4] The Economist February 4th 2006, p.50. William Anselmi Modern Languages and Cultural Studies University of Alberta Lise Hogan