1.   Other countries are preparing to follow suit.

2.   The three countries are preparing to resume the slaughter of whales for profit and restart the international trade in whale meat.

3.   Already, interest rates have come down as countries have prepared for currency unification, and economies and stock markets are now doing well.

4.   As the country prepares to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, economics is forcing the unions to back down on demands for parity.

5.   By Monday afternoon, the country was already preparing for a second round, scheduled in April between the top two vote-getters.

6.   Reliability is critical, especially as the country prepares for competition among providers of power.

7.   Several countries are preparing to buy wheat from the U.S., traders said.

8.   Ten additional countries are preparing applications.

9.   The country should prepare itself to become a modern republic at a measured dignified pace, whenever that may be.

10.   Whoever caused the explosion and whatever the motive, one result will surely be heightened tension as the country prepares to vote.