The Irish government have remained trapped between a strategy of positive spin in a bid to regain access to private markets and a strategy of admitting to how serious the problems are in a bid to gain debt relief.

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The document sets out a four-point strategy for the bid planning process over the next four years.

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Bollywood star Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab team, said every team had a "specific strategy" only to bid for certain players.

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The Calais-Boulogne bid was "entirely in keeping with the group strategy" and the company had background and experience in the field, he added.

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The board of film rental firm Netflix has adopted a "poison pill" strategy to ward off a potential hostile takeover bid by activist investor Carl Icahn.

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In a bid to improve its position, Creative embarked on a strategy of cutting prices, increasing advertising spending and offering retailers rebates for selling some its MP3 products.

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The bid by Hush in Inverness was opposed by Highland Violence Against Women Strategy Group.

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Is there much chance NBA players will have any more luck with their legal strategy to dissolve their union than their NFL counterparts did in their failed bid to end a lockout by asserting antitrust violations?

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In 1974, in his successful bid for the governorship, he walked across the state, becoming one of the first politicians to adopt that strategy, and gave substance to grass-roots politics.

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