And after a recent spate of embarrassing incidents, advertisers and agencies are scrambling to devise strategies to minimize such problems.

"We pursued that strategy to minimize interest rate risk, decrease asset problems and increase operating income," he said.

Mr. Kelly employs several strategies to minimize the impact of such volatility on clients' portfolios.

This strategy minimizes the requirements on acquisition time, data bandwidth, memory and processing power.

These strategies minimize the assignment of any patient to an inferior arm ("physician's duty").

Recovery means the ability to recognize the self-destructive elements in one's character structure, and to "develop strategies to minimize the harm to yourself."

The individual now learns specific strategies to smooth out and minimize the moments of stuttering.

They also teach strategy, as players need to come up with ways to penetrate enemy lines, stealthily avoid the enemy, minimize casualties, etc.

Some, like Vanguard's, are index funds that use extra strategies to minimize taxes.

We can all develop strategies to minimise the amount of 'dirty water' entering our waterways.