strategy/tactics

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Two levels of problem solving. Strategy is a broad plan of action; tactics are the means for carrying out strategy.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

That strategy has been used in some cases to help determine GMO policy.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
It is also important to avoid using the pope as part of a marketing strategy.
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Offending the other ones has been a central strategy for Paul over the last year.
Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign|Olivia Nuzzi|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Those who have watched anti-gay groups closely suggest that there will be two major strategic shifts in their strategy.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He had no conception of the use of the other arms of the service, and never gained even the most elementary knowledge of strategy.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
I cannot put my own case to the Admiralty although the machines are wanted for overland tactics—a fatal blind alley.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Leander seen what he needed was tactics, and his regular tactics was to hold the scholar at arm's length by the hair.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The men composing the regiment were fighters, but in their tactics differed little from the guerrillas.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The firm foundation that Scattergood's strategy rested upon was that lumbering had not really started in the valley.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland