An executive close to Enron said it had not yet done the advance work needed to seek protection in bankruptcy court.

They were union members who had been dispatched to do advance work for the candidate.

But he said that past and present staff members have already been enlisted for the advance work.

"We don't have the ability to do that kind of advance work," he said softly.

This freed the company from much of the advance work.

He has performed advance work for 6 other presidential campaigns since then.

I'm flying to Sperry tomorrow to do some advance work among the businessmen.

Without the advance work, he said, the new laws could not have been put into place so quickly.

He'll want me to do the advance work.

The governments themselves really must do some advance work, however, and demonstrate greater commitment.