Mr McCain criticised Mr Obama for laying out proposals before he had even embarked on his much touted fact-finding mission.
Many parents are wary about their children taking on debt before they've even embarked on adult life, but this isn't like a commercial loan – it only needs to be repaid once your child, not you, is earning enough.
The project began its life, sort of, in the mind of Mr. Mann before he had even embarked on his directorial career, which now runs to 10 movies over 29 years.
(I was particularly moved by his story about her one attempt to take a solo road trip, only to return the next day with her neck in a brace, "having been painfully rear-ended by some idiot before she had even properly embarked on the treat that was rightfully hers").
I was at Heathrow – having not even embarked yet on my six-day riding holiday in Transylvania – when my husband rang.
On eastern Long Island, the Republican candidate, Randy Altschuler, a businessman, is closing the gap with the Democratic incumbent, Representative Timothy H. Bishop, stockpiling nearly $800,000, compared with the roughly $1 million Mr. Bishop has, even though Mr. Altschuler has already embarked on an advertising campaign.
But some countries -- Portugal has even enlisted the church to help educate older people -- have already embarked on publicity campaigns aimed at easing the changeover.
And while the E.U. is embarking on this project with excellent intentions, its drive to eradicate excess noise altogether has even dampened the music coming from Europe's concert halls.
"People would rather be the tail of a dragon than the head of a snake," as one journalist put it.South Korean parents will not even embark on having a child until they are sure they have the resources to groom it for success.
In just a few days, a highly democratic movement where every decision is approved by a permanent general assembly, with no self-proclaimed or even elected leader or even spokesperson, has embarked on inventing a different society.
