groundwork

• While Mac Games Arcade hasn't reached the level of accomplishment or expansiveness that Valve has, the groundwork is there and is glowing with potential. —  MacApper
• William Wilber - force received much of the credit although the groundwork was an anti-slavery essay by Thomas Clarkson. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• But the groundwork is there, and the prototypes are assuring. —  Softpedia News - Global
• The propaganda groundwork is already being laid, should McCain "win" in a November election, in which the nation's votes are "counted" in secret by private corporate interests (84\% of NH's votes are "counted" in secret by Diebold Corporation). —  Democracy for New Hampshire - Growing the grassroots in New Hampshire's political landscape
• Essentially, no matter how compelling a case (full details here) supporters of keeping the Sonics in town make, the odds ... by Eric Earling, 04: 37 PM, 33 Comments Disturbing as it is it some sense, the groundwork is already beginning to form for potential Republican Presidential candidates in 2012 and beyond. —  Sound Politics

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