By this point in the war, the British scorched earth policy left little grazing land.

This is not a plea for a 'flat earth' policy, with no income differences at all.

He accused the Israeli government of engaging in a scorched earth policy.

The intention may not have been a scorched earth policy, but the effect on some departments was the same.

Or will Apple continue a scorched earth policy in 2012?

But you don't engage in this kind of scorched earth policy.

It's unfortunate that they had to resort to a scorched earth policy, however.

Non-environmental reasons have also been suggested to explain China's rare earth policy.

The problem with a scorched earth policy is that it takes quite some time for things to grow again.

It is a scorched earth policy that we found too severe for our branch.