But Joseph Stalin's offer was merely a tactical step.

All this means taking certain tactical steps, to search for various ways of addressing both short- and long-term tasks.

The lesson of this summer's disastrous wars in Lebanon and Gaza is that the time for listening tours and tactical steps is far past.

The UK has just taken a tactical step forward in a necessary reorientation towards China.

There were tactical steps he could take.

We thus need a new strategy, not just an accumulation of tactical steps.

Rather, they said, it was a tactical step intended to streamline the prosecution of the accused spy.

The substitute amendment, proposed by Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, was an important tactical step toward making opposition easier.

Seeking to sink the legislation, several Republicans took the tactical step on Thursday of voting against a rule that had to pass to allow the measure to go up for a vote.

The following strategic and tactical steps were taken: