And the unions are preparing to spend oodles of money on the race.
They are new queens emerging from hibernation, preparing to spend the whole summer laying eggs.
The military is now preparing to spend millions trying to make soldiers smarter, based on working-memory training.
CCA was preparing to spend $90m, while the Victorian government had promised to match a $25m federal government investment.
"We haven't spent a lot" recently, Mr. Gaffney acknowledged, "but we are preparing to spend a lot.
They fulfilled their end of the bargain, and she was preparing to spend everything she had to keep her word.
But Xiao Chaohua is preparing to spend his sixth new year without his son, who was abducted in 2007 by suspected child traffickers.
Yesterday he said he was having a "disgusting time", and was preparing to spend the night sleeping on a bench in the airport.
Now a group of investors is preparing to spend about $20 million for a restaurant, a disco and other commercial properties overlooking the town's ferry dock.
Meanwhile, the Yankees are preparing to spend more than $100 million to lure the free-agent left-hander Cliff Lee from Texas.
Manchester United are seemingly preparing to spend big yet again when the transfer window next opens, with the club being linked with a couple of huge bids.
