Each Administration and every major study, review, and strategy document continued to plan for two major operations in overlapping time frames.

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Then study strategy, and embrace it.

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The premise is that consistently successful companies start with an external market orientation and vigilantly study customer trends in order to design their strategy.

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Sixty-five chief executives of underperforming public U.S. concerns got dismissed after subordinates, board members and rivals repeatedly flattered them about their flawed strategy, according to a study of 451 CEOs published last year.

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Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel tore into the strategy both at the Negroponte hearing and later at a hearing with members of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.

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Despite the craze for dividends, some market participants caution against getting too bullish toward any specific investing strategy, especially one that doesn't require investors to study company fundamentals inside and out.

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An initial successful feasibility study into the development of LaserSnake was funded by the Technology Strategy Board, and the new funding will help them to develop the technology to a full-scale demonstration phase.

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He added that the study showed the impact of the combined HIV strategy of promoting condoms, increasing regular HIV testing and encouraging the earlier use of anti-HIV drug therapy.

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According to Strategy Analytics' just-published study from the fall, it's Apple's iCloud and iTunes Match that are top dogs in the US at a combined 27 percent of usage -- a not entirely surprising lead when Apple has pushed hard on iCloud's media syncing since iOS 5, and has large swaths of market share in MP3 players and tablets, not just smartphones.

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