Kaniel, Massey and Robinson can't say for sure, but they note that other research has suggested that people who are optimistic by disposition are good at coping with problems and flexible about trying new courses of action when needed.

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Abyei's residents were supposed to vote on a referendum to determine the disposition of their town at the same time as the rest of the south.

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It doesn't shed, is medium-size at 45 to 60 pounds, and has an adoring disposition.

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One of the odder distinctions within Conservatism is the disagreement about whether it is an ideology at all, worthy of a capital C, or simply a disposition or identity, with a small c, which can tolerate an awful lot of difference.

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If that is true for an accord governing assistance to downed planes and ships lost at sea, it surely is the case when it comes to the disposition of potentially many billions of dollars worth of undersea oil and gas deposits.

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Chief among these are that access rights should be reviewed in conjunction with business managers at some regular interval (quarterly or monthly, depending on your risk disposition), anytime someone undergoes a significant role transfer within a firm, and most importantly when someone leaves a firm.

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New bureaucracies would be required at the national level to handle the immense reporting requirements on chemical production and disposition.

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Shizue Melvin, designer at Edinburgh-based Scottish-Japanese tartan design company Sakura Scotland, said fashion conscious Japanese consumers have a disposition to Britain and British goods.

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