He looks good, wants success for United as much as ever and looks as ready to take on all-comers as he ever has.

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By the time I left Toronto, I was as ready as I would ever be.

BBC: How I quit my job to travel: The financial writer

The main adversary of liberalisation will, as ever, be France, which stands ready to fight for every lowest and most common facteur.

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Now, next time you sync your iPod you'll get the latest posts (assuming you set up iTunes to sync the playlist you chose) in audio format, as read in the ever-engaging style of the operating system voices, ready to take with you on the go.

ENGADGET: How-to: One-click audio news, synced with your iPod in Tiger