In my view, though, it can also have a downside - a tendency to look down on others.

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We have also adopted a downside scenario, consistent with another possible downgrade.

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And by putting teeth into bankruptcy laws, so that insolvent firms were actually forced into liquidation, mismanagement would also at last have a downside.

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May silver futures prices are also in a three-week-old downtrend on the daily bar chart and the bears have some downside technical momentum.

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The downside is they are also more likely to make mistakes, less likely to have a back-up plan if things go wrong, bad with details, and more likely to take a risk that lands them in hot water.

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