Word: tactically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...between Republicans pushing to return to the party's core principles and those who "claim we need to modernize to meet today's reality." Said he: "To my way of thinking, we must do both, and quickly." In the blueprint, Steele clearly borrows key elements of Obama's groundbreaking tactic for generating record levels of donations with innovative social-networking tools. He calls himself a "technology geek," and already posted on the RNC's main website is his "Network for the Future," which features links to Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, LinkedIn and blip.tv. At the very least, Steele knows...
...Crew will most likely send an e-mail to customers in its database - about 22 million, according to Chen - highlighting the clothes worn by the First Daughters. But it won't show a picture of the girls, which could be viewed as exploitive. The company used a similar tactic with Michelle Obama's outfit on the Tonight Show. "I think you can do that in a very tasteful manner," Chen says. "I think it would be perfectly fine." (Read "Michelle Obama's Dress: A Bold Choice in Designer Isabel Toledo...
...might not be needed to fulfill this objective, as shown by this recent incident, guns may counter that purpose. Departments could, alternatively, become more stringent about the police’s freedom to use lethal force. Drawing a gun should be a very last resort—a tactic used when an officer’s life is at stake and shooting would be the only sufficient defense...
...claim the carrel, do not panic. Give them the call number for Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” (QH365.O2 1859a, fyi) and direct them to the part about “survival of the fittest.” Should this tactic fail, you can always just bare your teeth and go for the throat...
...While Jobs's email appeared to shock shareholders, it did not surprise long-time Jobs watchers. The CEO is known for dissembling, perhaps as a tactic to mislead his competitors in the highly secretive and volatile consumer tech industry. In 2005, months before unveiling a video-playing iPod, for instance, he was routinely telling the press that he had no plans to build such a device. And on the eve of Macworld, according to a source, Jobs was maintaining that he'd be making a surprise appearance at the trade show. He did not show up, however...