Be Prepared
Americannoun
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Heading west, they were cheered by U. S. Boy Scouts as supreme symbols of the motto: "Be Prepared."
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Be Prepared For A Different Market Base Your customer base changes in the weeks leading up to the big day.
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"Be Prepared" has degenerated to a Tom Lehrer double-entendre; the descendants of Lord Baden-Powell are dimly imagined by contemporary cynics to be a rustic army of bug-eyed idealists.
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"Be Prepared" takes on new meaning in the latest edition of the 80-year-old guide.
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They have to Be Prepared to turn out at any minute, when the dangerous storm is at its worst, to face danger in order to save others.
From Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron
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