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Examples
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Their strategy is reculer pour mieux sauter, pull back in order to leap farther.
Election Reform 2010
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It has practiced a strategy of "reculer pour mieux sauter," regrouping in the face of new conditions and tweaking policy accordingly.
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But, one suspects, this will simply prove to be a case of 'reculer pour mieux sauter' as Labour strives ever harder, day by day, to install our very own homegrown 'Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Blockwärter' society.
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But, one suspects, this will simply prove to be a case of 'reculer pour mieux sauter' as Labour strives ever harder, day by day, to install our very own homegrown 'Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Blockwärter' society.
Archive 2008-11-30 2008
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It has practiced a strategy of "reculer pour mieux sauter," regrouping in the face of new conditions and tweaking policy accordingly.
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Accepting the Partition Plan in 1947 was always a tactical retreat – reculer pour sauter.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Watch, however, for you may be sure that, for the Party, this is going to be a case of ‘reculer pour mieux sauter’.
Book Burner News 2007
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Watch, however, for you may be sure that, for the Party, this is going to be a case of ‘reculer pour mieux sauter’.
Archive 2007-09-30 2007
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Johnson's announcement was no more than his version of "reculer pour mieux avancer".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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You say about Israel: "Accepting the Partition Plan in 1947 was always a tactical retreat – reculer pour sauter."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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