In most places, after all, the public administrators of science are themselves drawn from the ranks of university scientists, and share a belief in the value of curiosity-driven inquiry.
If the next generation of leaders adds to its natural wariness a belief in the value of strong, open, and dependable communications, perhaps trust will become the backdrop for how to address the business of the nation.
They also suggest that in the long run a cultural shift could be needed "towards greater belief in the value of education and the importance of a hard work ethic... to ensure England's future prosperity and economic success in an increasingly competitive world".
Whilst many will argue with many aspects of the Thatcher legacy - and some will, no doubt, protest about it today - that is an analysis which few will contest - though, of course, any consensus can be broken and re-made just as privatisation did to the previously widespread belief in the value of nationalisation.
"The Notorious Bettie Page" verges on David Lynch territory, but explored earnestly, with a misplaced belief in the dramatic value of broad-stroke sketches.
The dispute between the Easyjet founder and the board of the company centres on Sir Stelios' belief in creating shareholder value over what he terms "expansion at any cost".
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Taken at face value, the belief that January is an important indicator of the twelve month period imparts greater importance on January than any other month and other twelve month periods.
Confidence is returning - and so are international investors, attracted no doubt by bargain-value assets and the belief that precious lessons about moderation and propriety have been learned all round.
In this admittedly narrow domain, it appears there is value in first generating a belief, and then testing it analytically.
Is it just an art project or will the belief that this digital gold actually has value catch hold and go viral?
Often our reticence to let others know our value is based on a misguided belief that they should simply be aware of it already.
Transactions are guided by ethical, moral, and social considerations and the belief that money should be used to create social value, rather than just wealth.
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But Stein's book is fascinating (who knew there was an ostrich-feather bubble?) as well as prescient (over-reliance on credit, neglecting to diversify your assets, the belief that a commodity will never, ever lose value--sounds vaguely familiar).
Value investing, on the other hand, means buying companies when they're down-and-out in the belief that they will turn things around and rise in value.
"Part of what I do with the (Gates) Foundation comes from that incredible social justice I had growing up and belief that all lives, all lives are of equal value, " said Gates during a recent interview with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Yes, a belief in gold requires this too as the non-monetary value assigned to gold is probably no more than 5% of its market price.
In the divide over liberty versus equality, there does seem one basic value that both sides hold in common: a belief in equality of opportunity -- that everyone in America should have a chance to succeed on his or her merits.
The philosophical belief that is held dear at Haier is that the creation of value for the customer is a precondition for the creation of value for the company.
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Regardless of the term you use, market-gravity is the phenomenon that causes all stocks, even healthy ones, to lose value because investors are selling anything and everything in the belief that the entire market is going down.
This consists, first, of paying too much attention to the upstream development of new inventions and technologies by scientists and engineers, and too little to the downstream process of turning these inventions into products that tempt people to part with their money, and, second, of the belief that national leadership in upstream activities is the same thing as leadership in generating economic value from innovation.
Even when picking up the tab ourselves, we share the belief that money spent shopping for shoes and scouring consignment stores for designer labels far outweighs the value of an ocean view or a private room.
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