Despite narrowly avoiding defeat, Lennon gave a positive assessment of his team's display as they moved five points ahead of Rangers, who have three games in hand.

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Dame Carol Black has stressed that she wants to see a positive and proactive assessment service with disciplinary action a last resort.

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When the public was asked to choose between a simple positive and negative assessment, however, it split down the middle: 51% said unions had a negative impact, while 49% said their effect was positive.

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But I certainly agree with the assessment that this is a positive first step.

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By contrast, the OECD said its leading indicators for China pointed to "a more positive outlook compared with last month's assessment" and suggest growth will pick up.

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United boss Alex Ferguson admitted as much after the hard-won victory and said that Tevez was a major concern for this weekend's FA Cup trip to Aston Villa, and that is not a situation that will have changed despite Wednesday's positive assessment.

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"There is little doubt that Jimmy being willing to take on the role for the rest of the season is a positive one as it will allow the board time to make a valued assessment of the situation and not be forced into making a quick and hasty decision on a new manager, " it stated.

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Scott Gazelle, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute for Technology Assessment, 90.8% of patients who had a full-body scan got a least one positive finding that led to additional testing.

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