But although Britain will no longer prepare expensively for a big land war in Europe, it will prepare expensively to intervene further afield.
It's a lesson no one is prepared for, and ironically, you have no time to prepare.
I'd had almost no time to prepare for my trip, so I landed in San Juan at midnight with only one contact.
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He said that independent advisers had said there was no need to prepare for regular long periods of heavy snow fall in the future, but conceded there may still be severe events.
Ms. Barrett argues that her "no impact" classes prepare women to avoid maladies.
It said, for 15 years, children had been leaving school with little or no practical ability to prepare and cook food.
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No matter how much you prepare for your presentation, there are external factors beyond your control.
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Her No. 1 recommendation: Prepare, prepare and prepare some more.
She said she feels about 90 percent as the second-seeded Lady Vols (24-7) prepare to face No. 15 seed Oral Roberts (18-12) in Saturday's first round of the Oklahoma City Regional.
Good estate planning attorneys know how to prepare for contingencies, no matter what the law will say when you die.
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The introduction of rehydration salts 20 years ago had had a significant impact, he said, but again there were problems with access in developing countries, where there was also no guarantee of clean water to prepare them for use.
Chris Mooney, senior director of artist promotions at TuneCore, said artists looking for a No. 1 song have to prepare their fans for a release by using every social media tool available: YouTube videos, tweets, Facebook postings, etc.
Unlike the Wildcat, with a simultaneous two-quarterback system, "you wouldn't be able to prepare for it because no one's ever seen it on film, " star cornerback Darrelle Revis said, adding that the defense would be on high alert for a trick play.
The Dragons have no training ground and use school fields to prepare for games.
There is literally no educational option for millions of students to prepare them for the workforce and life.
Choose a potential college wisely that will provide the type of experiences in and out of the classroom that will prepare you for your future, no matter what that dream is.
It has asked solicitors Leigh Day to prepare a legal case for compensation, at no cost to members.
"It's almost impossible to prepare for that situation if there's no indication of any potential threat, " said Philip Stittleburg, chairman of the National Volunteer Fire Council and the National Fire Protection Association.
Others believe the choice really came from Vladimiro Montesinos, the intelligence adviser on whom most Peruvian mysteries are fathered, and that its true aim was to prepare for a transition, the armed forces no longer being sure of Mr Fujimori's re-election.
Its sole purpose is to prepare the mind and body to overcome any obstacle no matter what the circumstance.
When Mr. Pandit returned to New York to prepare for the quarterly earnings call, he had no inkling of what was awaiting him, people close to him said.
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In 2009, Red Bull built a secret, one-of-a-kind superpipe in Silverton, Colorado so then-sponsored snowboarder Shaun White could prepare for the Vancouver Winter Olympics (White is no longer with Red Bull after leaving the brand last year).
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And if you're going to save money by taking services online, that will mean ending some "offline" services - so prepare for the backlash when taxpayers are told they can no longer file their returns via the post, or get a road tax disc at the Post Office.
And no matter how many safari videos you may have already seen, nothing can prepare you for this raw display of nature.
While no one has figured out how to live forever, we can at least prepare our loved ones for the day when we eventually kick the bucket.
If no consensus emerges soon, Mr Ruggiero may be asked to stay on to prepare the agenda for the next big ministerial meeting in America in late 1999.
But the officials said the activity was very preliminary, with no missile parts seen, and any launch would take a lot more time to prepare.
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Fourth is education, which is not only failing to prepare the rural poor for work off the land, but is also no longer equipping enough talented young graduates with the skills that have fuelled the services boom.
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