As leader of the opposition he saw that the previous strategy wasn't working.
Britain's previous strategy of containment could have been adopted and continued for some time.
That is a big change from Nintendo's previous strategy, which was to write most of its own software.
"The previous strategy of being big is no longer viable," said Mark Lambert, an analyst with Merrill Lynch.
He insisted the group would return to its previous strategy of expanding electrical and DIY operations internationally.
When early October reports indicated that Dewey was gaining strength, Roosevelt foreswore his previous strategy and campaigned openly and effectively.
Channel 4 has decided to air the series weekly, a departure from its previous strategy of stripping the show over consecutive nights.
When newly arrived unattended minors are radicalised over a short period, Köhler said, the security agency's previous strategy was largely rendered redundant.
But the administration's previous strategy of sending senior officials to Beijing to publicly demand these changes failed to move Chinese officials.
The effort to sell the foreign assets is a radical departure from the previous strategy of WorldCom, the United States' second-largest long- distance company, after AT&T, to strengthen its international businesses.
But in a shift from their previous strategy, some gay rights groups fighting the amendments banning same-sex marriage said yesterday that they, too, would use advertisements aimed at making the debate an issue in the presidential election.
