That, as well as the ability to pre-position resources, move them into areas before the states make formal requests.
The UN says that they are trying to pre-position humanitarian aid to be able to take it into Afghanistan the moment they are able to do so.
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At the requests of New York and New Jersey, FEMA continues to deliver commodities including food, water, blankets, generators and others resources to distribution points across the region impacted by Sandy, and FEMA continues to pre-position additional resources and supplies to ensure they are in place if needed by our state and local partners to respond to the coastal low.
Francis Sheppard is more concerned by the city's ability to maintain its pre-eminent position in Britain.
It could be argued, in some polls, opinion on this issue is largely returning to its pre-election position.
Simpson continued to go about her business, interviewing a candidate for a pre-kindergarten position, when she noticed heavy thunderstorms roll through.
They want the party to return to its pre-1960s position of favouring selective schools as an opportunity for bright children from poor families.
Nasdaq and the ECNs may also see Mr Grasso's embarrassment as an opportunity to press their case that the NYSE is monopolistic and resorts to dubious tactics to preserve its pre-eminent position.
"The strength of Nasdaq's brand and its pre-eminent position in the US equity market will make our single-stock futures offering a compelling choice for both retail and institutional customers in the US, as well as in Europe and beyond, " said Liffe chairman Brian Williamson.
Whenever the glue of power melts, and power (over the future) is up for grabs, agencies and interests will contend for it, seeking to win absolutely while the chips are in the aire, or to be in the best pre-pax position when they fall.
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Discovery has a pre-eminent content position and a very worldwide distribution capability.
Yet the Daniels legacy is about more than a rags-to-riches story, his position as the pre-eminent watchmaker of his time and an ingenious inventor.
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Auction executives are in a difficult position when setting pre-sale estimates.
Now it seems the White House has decided that it's time to stop speaking of China's achievements and to start reasserting the United States' position as the pre-eminent power both in Asia and globally.
However, the Marine Corps told the BBC "no-one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded".
While Portugal and Spain were the early beneficiaries of this Atlantic trade owing to their protruding peninsular position their pre-Enlightenment societies, traumatized by the proximity of (and occupation by) North African Muslims, lost ground eventually to the Dutch, French, and English in the oceanic competition.
Almost certainly, that will include some effort to topple Saddam Hussein, for disentanglement from Iraq is in effect a pre-condition for straightening out America's position elsewhere, particularly in Saudi Arabia.
The powered rotation of the thumb can be either controlled directly by the wearer's muscle signals, or can move automatically into position as part of a pre-set grip pattern or gesture.
Pre-defined bonus and salaries depending on draft position.
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Or to put it another way, for all the UK government's pre-emptive austerity measures, on paper the fiscal position of the UK is worse than for Italy and for Spain.
The official Taliban position is that the group's pre-2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan remains the country's only legitimate government.
Working as a bloc and adhering to their pre-election promises might either guarantee them a stronger bargaining position in the negotiations to form a government or public credibility, which will pay off in the next elections.
Miller, seventh after the downhill section, relegated pre-race favorite Ivica Kostelic of Croatia to the silver medal position after producing a superb slalom run.
It has tried to slip additional pre-emptive clauses into the constitution that would give the armed forces an entirely unwarranted position of political power, protecting their economic privileges and keeping the defence budget secret.
The steering wheel deploys back into the driving position when the car is started, the angle of which can be pre-set and saved by the driver.
The Pre-Sentencing Report is prepared by the government in advance of sentencing to brief the judge on its position as to the number of years it believes a person deserves in accordance with Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
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He established position coaches for individual player development, maintained detailed performance records for each player, and pre-planned every game.
The Internal Revenue Service announced today that you can use pre-tax flexible spending account money to buy a breast pump and related lactation supplies, reversing a stingy position.
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