Eventually a harried housewife or a busy executive will be able to order a ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook gourmet meal for delivery by dinner time (see box).

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Beesley opted to correct a long standing hip problem back in March in order to be ready for pre-season.

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As this happens, consumers will be less ready to borrow against the value of their homes in order to maintain their living standards.

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Another is minimizing the time patients are on ventilators, removing sedation once a day in order to assess whether patients are ready to be weaned.

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This means we must be ready to give up the various deductions that we've grown accustomed to in order to get the marginal tax rates on our income reduced.

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In order to survive in this business you have to know your risk beforehand, and be ready to cut and run when those levels are breached.

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Last week, his campaign confirmed that, if necessary, Mr da Silva would be ready to tighten policy and to run a larger primary budget surplus (before interest payments are taken into account) in order to ensure that Brazil can meet its debt obligations.

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