As yet, we have only preliminary thoughts on the first question and none to report on the second.

So based on initial impressions, what does this program do when you run in it? Yeah?

"These results are interesting but preliminary," she said. "This will raise a lot of interest in this idea.

The first observations appear to tell me, and I speak with prudence, that all the permanent controls at Societe Generale do not seem to have worked as they should have.

A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army.