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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Proven and sustained communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to prepare reports and conduct presentations on key issues by clearly formulating positions and issues, articulating options concisely, conveying, the maximum nescessary information, making and defending recommendations.

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By better evaluating specific possible outcomes, their probabilities and their underlying drivers, you can greatly improve your company's ability to see around corners and prepare for the future.

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Moreover, what does its abject failure to deploy adequately tell us about the defense establishment's ability to properly understand regional developments and trends, and prepare the IDF to protect the country in the face of them?

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However, teachers' leaders have said they have serious concerns about the ability of schools to bring in the curriculum and prepare pupils for new national exams planned for 2013.

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But teachers' leaders said they still had serious concerns about the ability of schools to bring in the curriculum and prepare pupils for the new national exams which will follow in its wake.

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And even if you feel your ability to change the plot is not quite what you'd like, you can see how to prepare for the future from a position of strength.

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