In short, it is a time when most businesses cut back and make preparations to ride out the storm.
Sources said the Taliban may have been watching the troops make preparations to depart and launched their attack at a time of vulnerability.
For all of his proximity to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Abravanel had no idea that they were planning to expel the Jews and so was unable to either cancel the expulsion decree or to make preparations for the community to move to another land.
"A major power should have the vision to make early preparations for more difficult defence tasks, " the editorial stresses.
Many writers declare that the accretion of knowledge and early preparations would make victory inevitable.
But with so many possible doomsday scenarios to choose from, isn't it difficult to know what preparations to make?
Prime Minister David Cameron wants his fellow G8 leaders to immediately start preparations to make brave decisions at the group's annual summit in June.
Young people and children help with the preparations and parents make copies of traditional masks for their sons.
To get them to relax, he tried to make a game out of the preparations.
Can you please share with me the key preparations I need to make and steps I need to take today?
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Because of the susceptibility of U.S. information networks, perhaps the greatest preparations the United States can make is to conduct military exercises without the use of continuous, high-bandwidth communications between units.
The President: I'm here at the FEMA Headquarters where I just received a briefing, and I've also come to thank the people behind me for working the long hours that they're doing to make sure that we've got the preparations in place for Hurricane Gustav.
The Kaleys knew this, and they made preparations that the government would move to make a formal indictment.
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Their preparations for 2010 have also seen them make a high-profile signing, handing an F1 debut to Bruno Senna, nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton.
Families thus begin preparations to help the spirits find their way home and to make them welcome, starting with an arch made of bright-yellow marigolds - a symbolic doorway from the underworld.
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