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And yet, while they are both relative moderates within the Palestinian world, the delegation's official position is that the summit meeting is being held too soon, without the proper groundwork laid for a full or even partial resolution of outstanding problems.

When you set out to accomplish a goal, do your research first and lay the proper groundwork to succeed.

By laying the proper groundwork (equal parts convoluted and convincing), an illusion of the well-monitored night is solidified.

And so while his reference to treaty change in Ireland may genuinely have been about laying the proper legal groundwork for the future of a banking union, it is equally likely that it was a good way of kicking up a storm that delays a banking union until well after the September election and perhaps even longer.

They show the great debt that Western musicologists currently owe to Soviet scholars, who in the last 20 years have laid the groundwork for a proper understanding of the cultural background of Russian emigre artists.

This is where it started: "On and On," one of the first proper house records that laid the groundwork for jacking 808 beats.

David Stern sent a loud and clear message that contained harsh consequences for those N.B.A. players involved in the violence and also laid the groundwork for establishing parameters to ensure proper fan conduct in the future.

In violation of what could be logically expected, those creatures already exhibited social strategies that were laying the groundwork for what became feelings and cultures in the proper sense.

The lengthy introduction lays the groundwork for much of what is to follow in the commentary proper.

Jon Butler demonstrates that devout Virginia Baptists who fought simultaneously for political and religious freedom laid the groundwork for the language of the First Amendment and thus for our contemporary understanding of the proper relationship of church and state.

He lays more groundwork for the readability of "The Hidden Reality" when he puts certain groundbreaking, now basic ideas in their proper perspective.