I was groomed as an entrepreneur.

Yet another human is at this very moment being groomed.

Remember, I was being groomed to do this. I was not allowed to have jobs.

Most of us were groomed not only on images of nuclear catastrophe, but also on images and knowledge of the Holocaust.

The patrol surveys meticulously maintained one family houses with groomed gardens, and modern company buildings that stretch along wide, clean concrete streets, interrupted by trees and lawns.

He groomed us, the three of us, to hate the thought of having a job and to love the fact of creating companies that we could employ other people.

And so does your bleep . These days, with a hair free back, well groomed shoulders and an extra optical inch on my bleep , well, let's just say life has gotten pretty darn cozy.

The barrier is approximately 209 kilometres long, with some 105 kilometres actively under construction,37 and forms a complex of fences, ditches, razor wire, groomed trace sands, electronic monitoring system and patrol roads.

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

Perversely, while the Government has successfully acted to eviscerate the essence of journalism (i.e. independent, accurate reporting and commentary), it has groomed an army of technicians to perform the required functions of propagandists in order to effect a further measure of control over the minds of the Iraqi population.

The succession to Lee was clear after handing over the premiership in 1990 (at the surprisingly young age of 66) to a trusted associate, Goh Chok Tong, he groomed his eldest son, Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong, for the job. After serving as Singapore s trade minister, finance minister, and deputy prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong took over the top post in 2004.

The daughter of a government clerk, Mayawati studied law and worked as a teacher before being spotted by the BSP s founder, the late Kanshi Ram, and groomed for political leadership. Her ascent has been marked by a heavy emphasis on symbolism her rule in Uttar Pradesh has featured the construction of numerous statues of Dalit leaders, notably herself and a taste for lavish celebrations.

Much will depend on the outcome of TV debates between the leaders, which are being held for the first time in a British election campaign, and which have thus far contributed mightily to the Liberal Democrat surge. Each leader has been carefully groomed to avoid the sort of gaffes that could cost his party the election, and thus far, not one has shot himself in the foot.

And yet Meles is irreplaceable unmatched intellectually as an African leader (he dropped out of medical school, but went on to teach himself impeccable English and obtain European university degrees by correspondence), and unmatched politically at home, with no obvious successor groomed to replace him. In the Horn of Africa, there is no leader of his stature who could ensure the stability and strong governance that the region so desperately needs.