Next came case-ready meat, which precluded the need for skilled butchers on-site in markets.

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Leak-proof and easily stackable, case-ready packages are produced in USDA-inspected plants and have a longer shelf life.

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Of course, there is still quite a bit of work to be done to make this work: iPhones do not have removable batteries, nor do they support multi-tasking, meaning that some sort of ruggedized, battery-powered external case would be necessary to get this battle-ready -- as well some jailbreaking.

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All our skaters will remain at the training camps and be competition-ready in case, but I am doubtful.

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That's part of the reason why most professors looking for these ready-made case studies get polite but firm rejections, mostly from businesses unwilling to part with information that is potentially embarrassing, in violation of employee confidentiality or downright incriminating.

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General Eisenhower, for instance, had words ready in case the D-Day landings failed.

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To make things easy, you can look at ready-made examples or create your own case.

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Participants are instructed in how to identify potential case examples, summarize their key points and package them as student-ready materials that can be introduced into classes.

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She told the chamber - ahead of the continued debate on the legislative programme - that she was ready to make a "positive and upbeat case" for independence and she looked forward to winning the referendum in two years time.

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But, as Mr Draghi himself said, at the moment there is no country that has applied to the EFSF or ESM - so even if the ECB were ready to act, "there would be no case for doing so".

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