The more people can plan ahead of time, learn ahead of time, the better you can handle situations later.

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But whether or not the London organizing committee had chosen to work with a charity-based reseller, the real problem was its failure to set up any type of efficient, secondary market plan ahead of time.

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The TripTik allows you plan your route ahead of time, print it and take it with you.

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One of our clients has an unusual 401(k) plan that requires employees to carefully examine their choices ahead of time.

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Planning ahead is the plan of choice for first-time couples and even for parents with a couple tots under their belt. 9 months of pregnancy is a shorter time than imagined to begin putting together a world for baby to enter into.

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Plan ahead: The start of the year is a perfect time to set goals.

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"If you know ahead of time what you're going to be facing, you either plan to beat it, or you go somewhere else, " Bloom said.

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