The Fabian Strategy
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"The Fabian Strategy" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 81st overall episode of the series. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, an
Jack employs the Fabian strategy named after Roman general Fabius Maximus (pictured), who delayed direct battle with Hannibal to take advantage of the Carthaginian's supply weaknesses
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Fabian strategy
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The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and misdirection. While avoiding decis
The Fabian Strategy
…Avery decides to redecorate Jack's apartment. He is not keen on the idea, but not wanting to say no or give into Avery's demands, decides to employ the Fabian strategy—named after Fabius Maximus, a Roman general who employed a strategy of avoiding battles, instead wearing the enemy down by attrition. Jack is successful…
Statue of Quintus Fabius Maximus, the strategy's namesake
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