We must be ready for the 21st century from its very first moment, by solving the "Y2K" computer problem.

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"The opening ceremony has been CWC's traditional landmark for counting down - but we all know we must be ready long before that, " said venue development director Donald Lockerbie.

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This means we must be ready to give up the various deductions that we've grown accustomed to in order to get the marginal tax rates on our income reduced.

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We must be ready to answer that call.

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Opportunities to further our intellectual base and professional experiences are always around us, but we must be curious, proactive, and ready to engage.

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She said the democratic transitions in north Africa must be "home grown" but that the EU must be ready to offer support saying "how we respond will define this Commission for years to come".

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"We always tell our people that you must always be ready for a flare-up in the situation, " says Dr. Hakki, the hospital director.

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We must be given as much time as we need to get ready.

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But there must be a concern that what we are actually seeing is a health service too ready to give patients pills for mental conditions which are helped better in other ways.

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Well, I believe we, the Americans of today, are ready to act worthy of ourselves, ready to do what must be done to ensure happiness and liberty for ourselves, our children and our children's children.

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