I paused, preparing my reply.
De Niro, clearly angry, and not prepared to reply, turned his back.
An example of the poor operation was a delay of 43 days this summer in preparing a reply to a Russian aide-memoire.
To those voters who are mad about Ms. Quinn's support for a waste transfer station on the Upper East Side, her volunteers are prepared to reply that her opponents "are pandering on this issue to secure votes".
Earlier on Friday, Mr. Jalili told Mr. Solana by telephone that Iran's government had prepared its reply "with a focus on common ground and a constructive view," Iranian state television said.
These times have gone and the public asks now what science is good for and scientists are not yet well prepared to reply.
I can only apologise for the delay, and assure you, as the officer responsible for preparing the reply to your request that I am working to take it forward as quickly as possible".
"[M]aybe you should go ask Osama bin Laden if he thought he was prepared," he replied.
When I first asked Morgan "What happened?" over the phone, he responded with his well prepared textbook reply for reporters.
The President prepared a reply in which he expressed himself strongly to Chapman, but Bigelow persuaded him to substitute a milder letter over Bigelow's signature, defending the new coins.
They are the eyes and ears of the Zionist leaders, who come to hearings with replies prepared in advance".
