Mr Bush can prepare the ground for the reforms, and press them if he sees the chance.
His new finance minister, Pierre Moscovici, formerly close to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF boss, has begun to prepare the ground.
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Dr. Bueno said he will remain in charge of Amil for the next five years and prepare the ground for a successor.
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Although the negotiations are secret, both the National Security Council and Israel's ambassador have been busy briefing congressmen, to prepare the ground should there be a settlement.
To prepare the ground for Actium, the battle that would decide the future of Rome and at which Octavian would defeat Antony and Cleopatra, he needed a worthy opponent.
Wounded in France in the first world war, he became an intelligence officer in Tangier in 1942-43 and helped prepare the ground for the Allied landing in north Africa.
The work of these legislators gives me great hope that G8 leaders will rise to the challenge in Italy next year and help prepare the ground for an ambitious and effective post-2012 agreement to tackle climate change.
In addition, Mr Kabila's men have clumsily blocked efforts by Sir Ketumile Masire, a former Botswanan president chosen to mediate by the Organisation of African Unity, to prepare the ground for a dialogue between the government and its armed and unarmed opposition.
Or will ministers at least set a target date for its implementation so we can prepare the ground for the day when we can all go abroad and speak other languages rather than simply speaking more slowly and loudly in English in the hope "Johnny foreigner" will understand?
They know that politically, the NHS is well nigh untouchable - and that if you are going to dare suggest it needs a prod and a poke if not a good makeover, you'd better be ready to prepare the ground with a liberal dose of praise for NHS staff first.
The intention is not to theorize but to do practical work - to prepare for action on the ground, if and when the time comes for such work.
Likewise, when the men take a pinch of coca and ground seashell, which they prepare in a poporo gourd, it represents the balance of female (the gourd) and the male (the chewer).
The Dragons have no training ground and use school fields to prepare for games.
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