On advice from the other widows, Weikel made what she calls a "preemptive strike" on her first Christmas without her husband.

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The decision to preempt is never easy and would be rendered far costlier if an Israeli preemptive strike would endanger U.S. peacekeeping forces.

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The filing, in a nutshell, was a preemptive strike to try to prevent a potential legal strategy the union may use in a couple weeks.

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For the government, it was preemptive strike to ensure that it fulfills its pledge to cut the budget deficit to 2.7% of GDP by 2012.

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Although the current deal has five years to run I would not be surprised if the networks negotiate a new deal early as a preemptive strike against losing their rights.

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Europe's decision to launch a preemptive strike against the Netanyahu government even before it was sworn into office on Tuesday came against the backdrop of its growing enthusiasm for opening formal ties with Hamas.

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In what could be easily construed as a preemptive strike against Apple legal, Creative's Sim Wong Hoo has gone on record stating that they will "pursue aggressively" companies that are infringing on their patent for a media player interface.

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