A truism is that the time to prepare for the worst is when times are best.

Start to prepare the necessary legislation so that if I am obliged to go to Congress the bills will be ready for immediate consideration ''.

Childhood's End -- apparently indebted to Kurd Lasswitz's Utopian romance, Auf Zwei Planeten ( 1897 ), and also to Wells's Histories Of The Future, especially, The World Set Free ( 1914 ) and The Shape Of Things To Come ( 1933 ) -- describes the bloodless conquest of earth by the Overlords, vastly superior creatures who come to our world in order to prepare the human race for its next stage of development, an eventual merging with the composite mind of the universe.

And the second requirement for convincing people without their knowledge is artistic talent to prepare the words and pictures which persuade by using the principles which the scientists have discovered.

Let us prepare for peace, instead of for a war which would mean the end of civilization.

The trustees will prepare an annual budget for the college and submit it to the board of school estimate.

that is how the Jews prepare a body for burial.

When he had given the call a few moments thought, he went into the kitchen to ask Mrs. Yamata to prepare tea and sushi for the visitors, using the formal English china and the silver tea service which had been donated to the mission, then he went outside to inspect the grounds.

It was the doctor, dressed and ready for the expedition to the market, and Alex was obliged to prepare himself in haste.

I lived to see an envelope of hers in the morning mail and to lock myself in my room in the afternoon to reread her letter for the tenth time and finally prepare an answer.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

To assist the States, therefore, in rehabilitating handicapped individuals, `` so that they may prepare for and engage in remunerative employment to the extent of their capabilities '', the 83rd Congress enacted the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954 ( P. L. 565 ).

One must first detect a fleeting mobile or moving target, decide that it is worthy of destruction, select the missile to be fired against the target, compute ballistics for the flight, and prepare the missile for firing.

If the dance teachers of America make it their business to prepare their young charges for the gymnastics that must come some day if our schools are really responsible, we will be that much ahead.

They should know simple exercises that could prepare less fortunate children for the sports we will demand be taught.

These are beginnings, but correctly learned they prepare for satisfying and exciting stunts that can be performed by a strong, flexible body ( we are not talking of eccentric extremes ).

By holding out prospects for external capital assistance, the United States can provide strong incentives to prepare for the concerted economic drive necessary to achieve self-sustaining growth.

Editor Foss stated, `` Of their guilt there can be no doubt but they are entitled to sufficient time to prepare for trial, and a fair trial ''.

It was there, in the course of trying to prepare new men for the `` culture shock '' they might encounter in remote overseas posts, that he first began to develop a system of charting the `` norms of human communication ''.

Cereal grains have been used for centuries to prepare fermented beverages.

She may well be incapacitated by it when she is confronted with present and future alternatives -- e.g., whether to prepare primarily for a career or for the role of a homemaker ; ;

In order to prepare the role of an important old actress, a theatre student interviews three actresses who were her pupils: an international diva ( Glòria Marc, played by Núria Espert ), a television star ( Assumpta Roca, played by Rosa Maria Sardà ) and a dubbing director ( Maria Caminal, played by Anna Lizaran ).

Though he had a happy childhood surrounded by his many siblings, his family knew Francis was likely to be a future Emperor ( his uncle Joseph had no surviving issue from either of his two marriages ), and so in 1784 the young Archduke was sent to the Imperial Court in Vienna to educate and prepare him for his future role.

" To prepare for the role, Bacon enrolled at a high school as a transfer student named " Ren McCormick " and studied teenagers before leaving in the middle of the day.

He spent a month in bed at the Birmingham Army Hospital in Van Nuys to prepare for the role.

The course was intended to enhance capacity building, and to train and prepare officers of the RSLAF for their future role and participation in international peace support operations, and especially for the proposed ECOWAS Standby Force.

In 1669 Pepys had to prepare detailed answers to the committee's eight ' Observations ' on the Navy Board's conduct, and in 1670 he was forced to defend his own role.

As the leading intellectual figure in Greece, Aristotle is commissioned to prepare Alexander for his future role as a military leader.

Despite this perception of being able to perform effortlessly, acquaintances of Tracy said that he would carefully prepare for each role.

Act I-In Clairton, a small working class town in western Pennsylvania, in late 1967, Russian American steel workers Michael ( De Niro ), Steven ( Savage ), and Nick ( Walken ), with the support of their friends Stanley ( Cazale ), John ( Dzundza ) and Axel ( Chuck Aspegren, his only movie role ; he was a steel worker from Gary, Indiana ), prepare for two rites of passage: marriage and military service.

To prepare for his role, Hoffman watched the film La Cage aux Folles several times.

To prepare for the role, Capshaw watched The African Queen and A Guy Named Joe.

His teachings and role as her father did greatly prepare her for her for her destiny.

" After the Vatican celebration, Ratti withdrew for a retreat into the Benedictine monastery Monte Cassino to prepare spiritually for his new role.

Her role in the series is often to prepare meals, tend the garden and help with light construction, while adding a voice of compassion.

The role of the secretariat is to ensure the United Kingdom ’ s resilience against disruptive challenge, and to do this by working with others to anticipate, assess, prevent, prepare, respond and recover.

Weaving completed filming his role on the project in September 2010 and returned to Sydney to prepare for Uncle Vanya.

Crawford spent time visiting mental wards and talking to psychiatrists to prepare for her role, and said the part was the most difficult she ever played.

In 1929 he publicly dissolved the Order of the Star, a worldwide organization created by the leadership of the Theosophical Society to prepare the world for the Coming of the Maitreya, and abandoned his assumed role as the " vehicle " for the World Teacher.

Disappointed with his performance, having been given only two weeks notice to prepare for the role, D ' Onofrio wrote, produced, directed and starred Five Minutes .., in answer to the critics, and himself.

His or her role is to design the works, prepare the specifications and produce construction drawings, administer the contract, tender the works, and manage the works from inception to completion.

Julie Andrews watched the 1933 version to prepare for her role.

Leigh is known for doing extensive method acting research in every role, including keeping diaries written in the character ’ s voice, and in the past has interviewed psychiatrists, mental patients, drug addicts, sexual abuse survivors, prostitutes and phone sex workers to prepare for her roles.

He supported Frank Miller's successful bid to succeed Davis as party leader in 1985, and took the role of rival candidate Dennis Timbrell to prepare Miller for the party's all-candidate debates.