As the company's work force braced for a wave of pink slips -- WorldCom plans to cut 17,000 of its 85,000 employees beginning tomorrow -- some consumer and corporate customers of WorldCom's MCI long-distance unit were already looking for alternative carriers.
On Tuesday, foreigners were evacuated from the refinery as security forces braced for an attack on the compound.
As Syrian forces braced for attack, the president's decision effectively put it off for more than a week, since Congress is not due back in Washington until Sept. 9.
CAIRO, July 28 (Reuters) - Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters stood their ground near a Cairo mosque on Sunday, a day after at least 72 were shot dead by Egyptian security forces, braced for a move against them by the army chief who ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Security forces were bracing for a new round of violence.
After 2015/16, all forces are bracing themselves for further cuts amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds.
For a braced frame it is important to understand the relationships between the lateral stiffnesses, internal forces and bracing patterns in order to achieve an efficient design.
These results may have implications for altering knee bolster design to accommodate out of position occupants and the additional load caused by muscle forces during bracing.
The unified local, state and federal police task force was braced for another possible attack by the gunman, who last struck on Monday.
When Gwen Hahn, a stay-at-home mother, decided this summer that it was time to re-enter the work force, she braced herself for rejection.
Police staff and volunteers should be given stronger powers so they can take over roles currently performed by uniformed constables, the home secretary has said, as forces brace themselves for a new round of spending cuts.
