1.   Meetings at Northallerton and Middlesbrough on Wednesday and Thursday will enable both sides to prepare their arguments before a public inquiry in May.

2.   As the two sides prepare to stare at each other, there is probably some truth in both sides of the story.

3.   Both sides are preparing for what would be the biggest courtroom challenge to a corporate merger in American history.

4.   Both sides are preparing for that signal event with a contradictory mixture of boosterism and trepidation.

5.   Both sides prepared strategy Wednesday in a series of conference calls among their members, with Bettman speaking with owners and Goodenow with players.

6.   Both sides prepared to execute their plans in March.

7.   But as both sides prepare for trial, what he and other witnesses say they saw, even if imperfectly remembered, leaves the mystery unsolved.

8.   Each side is preparing for battle even before the report, commissioned by Congress, is out.

9.   For months, both sides have prepared for the orderly transfer of power from Israeli military occupation to Palestinian authority.

10.   His remarks complicated prospects for a bipartisan deal to eliminate the federal deficit even as the two sides prepared for a big push to reach agreement this week.