strategy
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strat·e·gy
/ ˈstratəjē/
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n.
(pl. -gies)
a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim:
time to develop a coherent economic strategy |
shifts in marketing strategy.
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the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.Often contrasted with tactics (see tactic).
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a plan for such military operations and movements:
nonprovocative defense strategies.
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Anne Bracegirdle--a current myth.(NOTES & QUERIES)
Magazine article from: Theatre Notebook; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...National Biography entry on Anne Bracegirdle now records as fact the romantic...Highfill et al., 1973): 'That Anne Bracegirdle was shaken by the dreadful affair...actresses--Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle, who we know appeared in January...
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John Eccles.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...singing actress was the soprano Anne Bracegirdle and his house composer was John...apparently intended for Mrs. Bracegirdle. Although he clearly designed...the Queen's Theatre and Mrs. Bracegirdle to retire from the stage. Richard...
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The "female Martinet": Mrs. Harper, gender, and civic virtue on the early republican stage.(American symbolic representations during the 1780s)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Comparative Drama; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...to the American professional theater) embraced the figure of the professional "stage virgin" Anne Bracegirdle as a national symbol. Bracegirdle's persona helped to cement the symbolic equation of the perpetually threatened liberties of the...
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The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660-1700.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the implications of this alliance between women. Nor does she examine the significance of the Elizabeth Barry/Anne Bracegirdle partnership, which tends to be presented in terms of stereotypical female roles they played. While the reader might...
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"LUCK BE A LADY TONIGHT," OR AT LEAST MAKE ME A GENTLEMAN: ECONOMIC ANXIETY IN CENTLIVRE'S THE GAMESTER.
Magazine article from: Studies in the Literary Imagination; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...in their usual pairings. Valere the gamester (played by John Verbruggen) is in love with Angelica the heiress (Anne Bracegirdle), who loves him but despises his gambling. Also in love with Valere is Angelica's sister, the widowed coquette...
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Partial and personal
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...undertakes to trace a specific cultural genealogy from Colley Cibber (1671-1757) to Donald Sinden, say, or from Anne Bracegirdle (1663-1748) to Marilyn Monroe. The first difficulty he faces is the unavailability of the Libbers and Bracegirdles...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for fun; Phil Brown's trivia quiz.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...is Chisinau the capital? 3 Which precious stone's best-known source is in Burma north-east of Mandalay? 4 Anne Bracegirdle was one of the earliest prominent British what? 5 Which mountain 20 miles from Everest and of almost 27,000 feet...
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diary.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/8/2001; 672 words
; ...Valley (near Chester) Gardening Club, talk, Garden in Autumn, by Ms Anne Lewis, Village Hall, 8pm. Maghull Horticultural Society, talk, Roses, by Tony Bracegirdle, United Reformed Church Hall, off Larchwood Avenue, 8pm. Wednesday...
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Thoroughfares are an inspiration for these two [Derived headline]
Newspaper article from: The Intelligencer; 8/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...in Lambertville. For both Bracegirdle and Harrington, "Thirteen...up in Philadelphia," says Bracegirdle. "I find these old routes...watercolors and acrylics." Bracegirdle and Harrington are two of...Ranulph Bye (1916-2003), Anne Steele Marsh (1901-1995...
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Even a flawed tour is a gift to the nation
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...vodka by the teacher Kudryash (Michael Bracegirdle), years after his escape to Moscow...Richard Robertss anonymous Boris; make Bracegirdle into Tichon (wiry and unpredictable...stiletto-heeled vamps; the Three Boys (Anne-Marie Cullum, Heather Longman and...
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Anne Bracegirdle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anne Bracegirdle 1663?-1748, English actress. A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight...heroines of Congreve's comedies, which were written for her. Eclipsed by Anne Oldfield, she retired in 1707, but in 1710 made a reappearance as Angelica...
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Bracegirdle, Anne
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Bracegirdle, Anne ( c. 1673–1748), one of the first English actresses, pupil and protég...at the height of her powers in 1707, wisely preferring not to be overshadowed by her younger rival Anne Oldfield .
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Anne Oldfield
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anne Oldfield 1683-1730, English actress. The successor of Mrs. Bracegirdle, she first won acclaim in 1704 for her brilliant portrayal of Lady Modish in Colley Cibber's Careless Husband. She had a triumphant...
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Oldfield, Anne
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Oldfield, Anne [ Nance Oldfield ] (1683–1730), English actress, who succeeded Mrs Bracegirdle as one of the leading players at Drury Lane . She first came into prominence when Colley Cibber , struck by her playing of Leonora...
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English
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...introduction of the first professional female performers, of whom the most celebrated include Elizabeth Barry, Anne Bracegirdle, and Anne Oldfield. This was also the period when women began to write for the commercial stages; the best-known of...
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