The leaves are considered ready for plucking when they break on being bent.
Critics counter that only thirty-four per cent of those who graduated in June of 2012 were considered ready for college or a job.
The move may also signal that Mr. Wagoner, who turns 47 next week, is not considered ready for it, a concern voiced by many on Wall Street.
At the other end of the modern career, young people are expected to acquire more and more education before being considered ready for work.
By 1951 he was considered ready for the lead in a swashbuckler, The Prince Who Was a Thief, and was married to the starlet Janet Leigh, who later appeared alongside him in films including The Vikings (1958).
They do have a prototype leadoff man at Class AAA Norfolk, 23-year-old Jason Tyner, a former No. 1 draft pick, but he is not considered ready for the majors.
College-readiness statistics, called "aspirational performance measures," released on Monday by the New York State Education Department, show that only 38.4 percent of New York City high school students who graduated in June are considered ready for college or a career.
(The counsellors ask questions like "What was the worst part of the incident for you personally?") Finally, the counsellors discuss strategies for coping with stress and suggest services that can provide additional help; by the end of the session, participants are considered ready for "reëntry" into the world.
It takes about eight years for the sex of a sturgeon to become apparent and then another five for the female to reach ovulation and thereby be considered ready for what staff at Riofrío call "the sacrifice," when the fish is killed and cut open to collect its eggs.
MOSCOW — A Russian commission has pinpointed a clogged fuel pipe as the reason a Soyuz rocket crashed into a forest in Siberia last month before it reached orbit, but the panel offered no guidance on when this type of rocket would again be considered ready for manned missions.
