One problem, say Chen's critics, was that he didn't forewarn his top advisers of his announcement.

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So forewarn your fellow cube-dwellers, you're in it to win it this tournament season--the money and the bragging rights, that is.

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Ofwat's chief engineer, Bill Emery, insisted there was no crisis in the sewerage network but said a monitoring system had been put in place to forewarn of collapsing sewers.

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The Vatican has set up new guidelines to prevent future abuse, stressing that it will help victims, forewarn minors, train future clergy, rehabilitate abusers and work alongside civil authorities.

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The trouble that Mr Greenspan took to forewarn of reversing just one of those three rate cuts may still point to worries about the amount of borrowing in the system.

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