1.  Again there was a break with tradition for strategic reasons.

2.  And the oil Clinton is selling is from reserves called strategic for, well, strategic reasons.

3.  In this case the relationship is between non-competitors and is likely to have been established for strategic reasons.

4.  The joint chiefs were unwilling to support a treaty at this Juncture for strategic reasons.

5.  There are strategic reasons why the governments wish these projects to proceed.

6.  Surely there is no convention that judges may adjust their views about legal rights for purely strategic reasons.

7.  As for the companies themselves... well yes, the two men said, the deal made sense for all kinds of strategic reasons.

8.  Both cited strategic reasons for the merger plans.

9.  But legal experts said that at this point in the case there was no strategic reason for Gates not to show contrition.