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  • When one pictures a salty French fisherman bracing himself against sea spray and wind in a burly wool sweater, a modern-day slicker suddenly seems inauthentic, unstylish, wimpy and over-prepared.

    Foul Weather Sweaters 2011

  • I was ludicrously over-prepared (I had personally story-boarded the entire film) and I had a crew that Stanley Kubrick would have been proud of.

    William Boyd - An interview with author 2010

  • And it will surprise exactly no one to learn that I was quite possibly the most over-prepared person ever to grace that particular school's doorstep.

    Delia Lloyd: Why Everyone Should Be A Teacher Delia Lloyd 2011

  • In response to criticism, the city over-prepared for a snowstorm last Friday that brought just two inches and was largely gone from streets and sidewalks by midday.

    City Declares Emergency As Snow Approaches 2011

  • Oh trust me Apryl, you would have been over-prepared with this crowd.

    Goin' Postal - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • And it will surprise exactly no one to learn that I was quite possibly the most over-prepared person ever to grace that particular school's doorstep.

    Delia Lloyd: Why Everyone Should Be A Teacher Delia Lloyd 2011

  • And it will surprise exactly no one to learn that I was quite possibly the most over-prepared person ever to grace that particular school's doorstep.

    Delia Lloyd: Why Everyone Should Be A Teacher Delia Lloyd 2011

  • And it will surprise exactly no one to learn that I was quite possibly the most over-prepared person ever to grace that particular school's doorstep.

    Delia Lloyd: Why Everyone Should Be A Teacher Delia Lloyd 2011

  • In response to criticism, the city over-prepared for a snowstorm last Friday that brought just two inches and was largely gone from streets and sidewalks by midday.

    City Declares Emergency As Snow Approaches 2011

  • I like to travel, but I live in permanent fear of forgetting something important, which is probably why I tend to be the most ludicrously over-prepared person in any given group of out-of-towners.

    gimme a ticket for an aeroplane 2009

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