This had been an instrumental part of the Stronger In strategy devised the previous summer.
But Cheruiyot, whose nickname is the Pocket Rocket, delivered the race strategy devised by her coach, Ricky Simms, to perfection.
However, the auction held in London on July 3 does point to a new art market strategy devised by Sotheby's.
The 2002 contract was the centerpiece of I.B.M.'s transformation from a technology manufacturer to a technology manager, a strategy devised and overseen by the chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano.
All AT&T shareholders may be impatiently waiting for signs of a payoff from the cable strategy devised by the company's chairman, C. Michael Armstrong.
The strategy, devised shortly after Gary Bettman became N.H.L. commissioner in 1993, was to put hockey franchises all across the South and West — in cities like Phoenix, Atlanta, Nashville and Raleigh, N.C.
Mr. Bush has worked hard to woo union members, a strategy devised by his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, who pressed hard early last year in favor of the tariffs.
The strategy, devised by Jarrett's crew chief, Todd Parrott, and Labonte's crew chief, Jimmy Makar -- Jarrett's brother-in-law -- worked perfectly.
In the end, a military strategy devised to deter attack by the Soviet Union will have outlived its original enemy by at least half a century.
