• Or perhaps simply ready to be heard.

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  • Or perhaps I was simply ready to see and understand the reality.

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  • If that takes you back just a bit, then perhaps you're ready for "push-to-talk, " which appears to be the craze of the moment among wireless service providers eager to attract business users and increase the amount of airtime they use each month.

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  • That poses a dilemma for Mr Geithner: he will not let the giants fail, yet he is determined to avoid nationalising them. (Indeed, the plan was apparently rushed out, perhaps before it was ready, in part to put such talk to rest.) He envisages a new round of capital injections, with the government taking preferred shares convertible into the common variety, as needed, to bolster banks' cushions against losses.

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  • But from their complaints, they appear to be pushing the industry toward modularity perhaps a bit before it is ready to shift and are therefore dealing with the corresponding headaches of a still immature technology.

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  • Perhaps if our society were more ready to celebrate those who are ingenious, or "good with their hands", and produce the inventions that allow us to lead comfortable daily lives, we would all become genuinely interested in the science that underpins the kettle and the clock.

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  • Was it another artful touch to give the property a sense of history, a ready-made story, perhaps, about an impish guest who absconded with the bills?

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  • But optimists note that perhaps a hundred are now seen as ready to some degree, and Iraqi troops took a leading role in a recent offensive in Tel Afar, an insurgent stronghold.

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  • But by 1989, New Yorkers were ready for a change, soured perhaps by his constant scraps with other public officials and with the press, and turned off by a series of government corruption scandals.

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  • Perhaps we really do have a case of: Ready, Aim, Fire?

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  • Note: Most state real estate commissions mandate that agents renew their licenses somewhat regularly--so be ready to take more coursework, and perhaps another exam, within a year or two.

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  • But reasonable sales volumes and perhaps another round of production cuts could be enough to ready stocks for a bounce.

    FORBES: Overview

  • Some Democratic sceptics, perhaps even some Republicans, might be persuaded if doctors were ready to back such reform.

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  • It is perhaps worrying, however, that Chinese companies are quite so ready to unload so many new shares on eager investors.

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  • Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough that I was ready to buy.

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  • But if military leaders are ready to put a more realistic price on fuel, perhaps other Americans will follow suit.

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  • The PlayStation was technologically impressive, with its ability to splash over 300, 000 polygons on a television screen in a single second. (Nearly all videogame graphics are composed of polygons so "polygons per second" is a rough and ready measure of a machine's power.) Perhaps more important, Sony carefully forged and nurtured good relationships with third-party software developers, ensuring a steady supply of great games for its system.

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  • An exaggeration, perhaps, but it brought her to the attention of government, ever ready to tap into a source of popularity.

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  • While those days gone by were simpler and perhaps a little more peaceful, I don't think I'm ready to turn back the clock.

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  • But perhaps the calculation has now become that the banking system has had two years to get ready and can now weather such a storm.

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  • Apple is ready to introduce an old design by Steve Jobs as the next iPhone, perhaps called iPhone 5S, according to the San Francisco Examiner, reporting on comments Apple government liaison Michael Foulkes made to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.

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  • Chrysler appears ready to take a very different approach, with Mr Manley eyeing local production, perhaps jointly with not-yet-defined partners.

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  • It will also require organisation, perhaps more than the Church has managed up until now - informed spokespeople, bishops, clergy and lay people, ready and willing to speak on particular topics.

    BBC: Analysis: new Archbishop's challenge

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