1.   Creating the climate in which such tough talking can occur is a highly skilled task and takes careful preparation.

2.   He believes that the secret of successful selling comes from careful preparation and hard work.

3.   More complex needs will call for multidisciplinary assessments, careful preparation, and time for patients to consider their future.

4.   Moving to a new house requires careful preparation.

5.   There was none of the careful preparation and gradual introduction which usually precedes the adoption of a child beyond infancy.

6.   However, there will be much to be gained by careful preparation of the selling task.

7.   Arguing that careful preparation can stem a catastrophe, he notes that eight different SWAT teams responded to the Columbine shootings, which made coordination difficult.

8.   After weeks of careful preparation, forensic investigators at an Army research laboratory in Maryland on Wednesday opened the anthrax-contaminated letter sent to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy.

9.   But new air strikes should not be launched absent clear justification and careful diplomatic preparation.