Rent a storage locker and move your clutter out, including your photos and knickknacks. (That allows visitors to envision themselves living in your home.) Curb appeal matters, too, so be sure to keep the yard in prime condition.

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In some of these places, the U.S. might post a few dozen troops who would keep the base in good condition and maintain equipment for use by troops that occasionally arrive for training.

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To determine the average amount consumers might pay to keep their new cars in operating condition, we used 2008 repair estimates calculated over a five-year period by Vincentric, an auto-industry data-analysis company.

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This means lots more spending on technologies to arrest decline rates and on maintenance to keep older wells around the world in tip-top condition.

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Set and keep to a timetable for removing deficiencies in its information on the condition of Railtrack's assets.

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Mexico does have such a scheme, called Oportunidades, which transfers cash to poor families on the condition they take their children to health check-ups and keep them in school.

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As long as the Army keeps him in limbo reevaluating his condition, he says he'll be forced to keep reliving the events of April 15, 2005, the day he was shot.

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