11.   American managers respond that given the high profits in the sport utility vehicle market, such a strategy makes sense.

12.   An analyst who spoke on condition of anonymity suggested that the arrival of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the Northeast market could undermine such a strategy.

13.   And apparently, such a strategy works.

14.   And big events are an essential part of such a strategy, Wright said.

15.   A few years ago, such a strategy would have been unimaginable.

16.   A similar but less intensive program still under way in Jersey City suggested that such a strategy can have an effect.

17.   Advisers to the president acknowledged on Thursday that such a strategy was under consideration.

18.   Agreeing on economic assumptions would be the first step in such a strategy.

19.   Both Bush brothers should make clear they will not support such a strategy.

20.   But concocting such a strategy is hardly necessary here in Massachusetts.