In his debate preparation Carcetti is distracted and pays more attention to a problem with his son's school fees.

And getting too caught up in minutiae of debate preparation can only lead to failure.

And Mr. Bush is already deep into debate preparation.

Aides said he would be busy with debate preparations.

Will did not explicitly disclose that he had assisted Reagan's debate preparation, or been present during it.

Mr. Bush's advisers suggested their boss's debate preparation had been desultory so far.

Two other lawyers are supervising the debate preparations for Mr. Clinton.

Today, he played the tape again for his daughter, Chelsea, as they traveled to Michigan for debate preparations.

Now, debate preparation is an art unto itself.