They will manage risk, not assume it away.

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This, of course, is not to assume political obstacles away.

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This capability was (and perhaps still is, in many contexts), a wonderful survival mechanism: when in doubt, assume the worst and run away.

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We never stopped to think that people would assume we were giving away the magazine for nothing.

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So I assume people should stay away from the retail industry.

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So, they assume he's not all that far away from there.

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"Don't assume that things will come right away, " she advises.

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If maps and search and social all become highly competitive fields with multiple possible suppliers then we would assume that the profits of the suppliers will be competed away.

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For example, if you unfriend someone, you might assume they would be blocked right away from seeing your personal data.

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Some say Cedars is widening the digital divide, others suspect a gimmick for gadget-loving school administrators and many assume the school has done away with all pencils and paper (it has not).

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