1.   The Markets are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago.

2.   Certainly, some were later prepared to patronise English churches.

3.   Also preparing to run are Howard L. Lasher, a city councilman and former assemblyman, and Michael Garrison, another state Supreme Court judge.

4.   Americans are better prepared technically for anything than their European counterparts and, technically speaking, American orchestras are the best in the world.

5.   And should that happen, will she be better prepared to handle the success?

6.   And teams are better prepared than ever to play that type of defense.

7.   And programmers are thought to be better prepared than ever to spot and quickly fix any date problems they missed.

8.   Another industry where the Mazda pattern might be played out is petrochemicals, where Japanese companies are ill prepared to compete against larger international competition, said analysts.

9.   As a consequence, experts in both countries say they are better prepared for a crisis and people there are more aware of the danger they face.

10.   - CUNY will co-operate further with the New York City public schools to insure that students are better prepared for college work.