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But don't expect to hear that view in Washington, with unemployment still high and politicians gearing up for an election year.

The nation can rest assured that the oil industry is fully aware of its responsibility and is gearing up to meet the challenge.

Workplaces all over the UK are gearing up for the festive period and all the traditions and customs that come with it.

The company appears to be on track, albeit in repair mode, and gearing up for a kind of drilling homecoming in the Gulf.

During this speech Bush said the extra troops are needed to battle Taliban fighters who are gearing up for a new spring offensive.

As she's speaking, John has wandered off into the studio and is gearing up to start moving.

With Europe committed to its own high-speed train, Japan is now gearing up for the race to capture new markets.

And (RED) is gearing up to inspire its army of friends, as well as the corporations we work with, to help deliver the 2015 goal.

Assertive Chinese and job-hungry Americans are gearing up for a trade war across the Pacific. Fortunately, cooler heads will likely prevail.

And Wall Street banks are gearing up for a furious lobbying campaign, in an effort to water down some of the reform proposals.

Gearing up to produce small cars in the United States was a very expensive proposition.

Rizhao, in Shandong Province, is one of the hundreds of Chinese cities gearing up to really grow.

I think they were gearing up for the election, and appeasing the unions to elect Gore was more important than standing for free trade.

Over the last few days I've not only been physically doing lots but have been mentally gearing up for the task ahead.

Search giant Google Inc. is gearing up to challenge the likes of Apple Inc. in the area with its Google TV operating system.

And the medical-devices industry is already gearing up to escape some of the $40 billion in taxes to be slapped on it.

A reliable source says the Gossip Girl brain trust is gearing up to have Billy return to the Upper East Side next season.

The United States and South Korea are each gearing up for a crucial vote to ratify a major trade liberalization deal.

We are gearing up for emergency food distributions at medical clinics staged out of a damaged primary school.

New Jersey is gearing up for another run, and is considering a referendum to make online gambling legal in that state for its own residents.

Countries also are gearing up their veterinary services to be able to respond to outbreaks quickly and efficiently, he added.

ANTI-CAPITALISTS are billing it as "Financial Fools' Day" and climate-change worriers are gearing up to protest against "fossil fools" .

Others are gearing up to make their own acquisitions so as not to be left behind.

The new jobs were concentrated in just a few sectors such as retail, which is gearing up for the Christmas shopping season.

There is speculation that Apple may be gearing up to take another shot at the market with a new device.

but the shops are already gearing up for the onslaught and are ready and waiting to meet the demands of this year's Christmas lists.

And Perls says that his team is gearing up to repeat their analysis using data from a set of about 600 Japanese centenarians.

Your baby's cartilage and bone are beginning to form and his organs, muscles and nerves are gearing up.

The outplacement industry, which provides such advice to jobseekers, is already gearing up for a bumper year.

The Indian academies are gearing up to be more active inpolicy-making and could accord high priority to policy-oriented initiatives.

Armed with a war chest of more than $6bn of credit lines from domestic banks, HNA says it is just gearing up for the big time.

Gearing up to manufacture vaccines that meet international standards is a costly and complex process.

Many, many people here last night, the biggest protest so far, I think it's gearing up to be another big night tonight.

The investigators are now gearing up to take the whole-cell bio sensing system through clinical trials.

An industry gearing up to go mano a mano with a rival .

Indeed, there are signs the central bank is gearing up to raise rates in the next few months.

Ms. Anchalika is currently gearing up for the December opening of a 50-villa hotel located on a secluded beach in Koh Samui's northeast.

The company's gearing up for the big export drive.

But African activists, health workers, and government officials are gearing up to prevent a deadly smoking epidemic before it's too late.

BHF scientists are gearing up to unravel the biology that links traffic pollution to heart attacks.

The city was gearing up to celebrate the success of Rory McIlroy, the young Northern Irish golfer who won the US Open on June 19th.

Lately, it's been blowing off steam through little vents, but it's unclear whether it's gearing up for another Earth-shattering blast.

Managers believe clear market trends are now developing, and are gearing up to get on board.

Even as the Tokyo Motor Show chops its attendance and display days, the Seoul Motor Show across the water in South Korea is gearing up.

Back then, NASA was gearing up to staff the International Space Station and the shuttles that supplied it.

Insiders say the senator is gearing up to run for governor.

It could be gearing up for an even more aggressive expansionary policy.

Israel's leader is gearing up for a visit to Washington amid growing tensions with Iran.

United Nations agencies and other humanitarian bodies are gearing up for a huge rescue operation.

Environmental groups are gearing up to challenge coal plants state by state.

Eight years have passed. We chinese have been gearing up for all the challenges.

(TM, 7203. TO) of Japan and General Motors Co. of the U. S. are gearing up to test-market plug-in hybrid electric cars in China soon.

Companies are now gearing up to lobby the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has to write detailed provisions for the new rule.

Eminem is currently gearing up to take Saturday Night Live's stage with Lil Wayne.

The city is also gearing up for an announcement about Disneyland building the world's biggest theme park there.

europe ' s hi - tech industry is gearing up for the giant cebit trade show in hanover , germany , this week.

Lawyers from both parties are gearing up for such fights, and allegations of impropriety flew in the campaign's final hours.

But in Caithness, local businesses are gearing up for a bonanza.

Already, investors are gearing up for what they believe will be a lucrative market in small planes.

The latest violence comes as Pakistanis are gearing up for parliamentary elections next month.

Wewoulre gearing up to produce completely new line of products.

Virgin Group is now gearing up for its first passenger journeys, which could take flight in as early as 2011 or 2012.

The second trimester is coming to an end and your body is gearing up for the prenatal homestretch.

At present there is but one facility, Bushehr I, but Tehran is gearing up to build an entire network of nuclear plants.

As the cold snap intensifies, heating companies are gearing up, with equipment and networks being checked and adjusted.

But the country is already gearing up for the next round in October 2012.

But with the campaign for the 2012 presidential election gearing up, that cannot be guaranteed.

Asian consumer-electronics giants such as Samsung, LG, Toshiba, Panasonic and Sharp are gearing up to produce LED lights.

Now the software firm is gearing up for another assault on a business that is crucial to its future.

Our school is gearing up for an increased intake of pupils.

The region's cities are gearing up to host more cruises, too.

China's cities and provinces are gearing up for the country's first national tourism day.

And Microsoft is clearly gearing up for a fight.

Our fans in Detroit are gearing up for Saturday's game against the Oakland A's.

Now he's gearing up for a fresh wave of business: the iPad.

In the meantime, data centre companies are mainly gearing up for huge expansion.

So relief groups at the Duogee camp are gearing up for a longer stay.

Wendy is gearing up to take her company public.

Another male is gearing up to steal his females.

Japan Inc has plenty of scope to improve capital efficiency, returning cash to shareholders and gearing up.

Chinese auto makers are gearing up to directly challenge global peers such as General Motors Co. and Mercedes-Benz.

The Department is gearing up for increased intake of students.

Kobe and Team USA are gearing up for the qualifying tourney.

China is gearing up for global events and its citizens are hungry to learn English, so opportunities are plentiful for people like me.

A Malian militant group has suspended a ceasefire with the government, saying officials are gearing up for war.

The imminent completion of the ASEAN Free Trade Area, the book makers are gearing up.

International auto makers are gearing up for the era of the Chinese family car.

This has left Baku gearing up for the limelight.

The face of improving the talent market, job seekers have the skills themselves are gearing up, "work" became a popular topic.

Philadelphia is gearing up for its first World Series parade in 28 years.

You're gearing up for Slam season. Do you do anything differently, mentally or physically, to prepare for the Majors?

As Gustav moves toward the US coast, federal officials are gearing up.

We're gearing up for the snow, which is gonna start falling today.

With the summer wind starting to blow in, the lightning season is gearing up.

Baseball fans are gearing up for the World Series, but we all know what's the real national pastime: complaining.

One area where CIC is gearing up its capital allocation is hedge funds.

The world is gearing up for cyberwar.

As borrowing has become more expensive, the accent on gearing up has softened.

Meanwhile, the pro-Prop. 8 forces are gearing up for their appeal.

They have been gearing up production in order to fulfil their task ahead of time.

Halliburton is gearing up by boosting its workforce of 60, 000 by 25% this year.

I have not yet seen an economy in recession when you are gearing up FOR war.

Eleanor Waldorf is gearing, up to take her company public,

Candidates are gearing up for the final stretch of midterm elections,

he is gearing up to take his company public

Gearing up the development and construction of teacher team in university

The world's second-largest burger chain is gearing up in China

Wheel-up landing: Gearing up your mind for takeoffs and landing