81.   Preparations were being made for both the logistical and psychological challenges that await Jordan as its leader lay dying.

82.   Q. We have made little preparation for retirement.

83.   Pilots, meanwhile, were making preparations for a satellite broadcast to union members during the last hour and a half before the walkout.

84.   Roe Wilson, an assistant district attorney in Harris County, said her office will begin making preparations to retry the case.

85.   So a couple of times, I felt my preflight doughnuts making preparations to abandon ship.

86.   So preparations were made.

87.   Still, there was unease as Western nations continued to make preparations for possible evacuations of their citizens.

88.   Suddenly, the opposition is having to make special preparations for the Revolution.

89.   The commanders have been saying for days that they are ready to attack the city, but they appear to be making few preparations for doing so.