The report, which was completed in January, laid the groundwork for verifying whether the applications for patents were legal.
Yet to be settled was whether to press for a "formal apology" for slavery, which Mrs. Robinson said could be construed as laying the legal groundwork for compensation, and whether slavery would be defined as a crime against humanity.
Howard J. Rubenstein, the public relations executive who is close to Mr. Kelly, said the commissioner's responses in the shooting's aftermath laid the groundwork for his future — whether or not, and to what degree, he might punish the officers.
Whether he was laying groundwork for another run at office was not clear.
That will show how fundamentally tethered the Watch is to the iPhone and whether Apple has laid the groundwork for the Watch to be standalone at some point.
Any such plans would be seen as laying the groundwork for another presidential run, in either 2016 or 2020, depending on whether Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, is elected this fall.
Stunned, a group of senior Israeli academics and political figures who have been working to lay the groundwork for a constitution were propelled into furious debate about whether they should take advantage of this sudden interest from an Israeli leader.
The bulletin, known for its "doomsday clock" measuring the risk of nuclear war, pays attention to civilian nuclear power mostly in the context of whether the spread of reactor technology lays the groundwork for the spread of atomic bombs.
Some military experts have questioned whether 30 days will be enough to set the groundwork for peace.
"But whether it's next year or next decade, this research will lay the groundwork for brain-based solutions to noisy environments".
