Life insurance is futures-oriented anyway.

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The action-oriented optimists, the ones who don't see life as a casino but as a place where one has to make the right decisions to obtain the desired outcomes -- to make the world a better place or our lives more worth living -- see disasters as occasions to learn, to find out what we should have done differently, to come up with new strategies.

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Danaher ( DHR), which owns several businesses in the health care field, including in the dental and life sciences and diagnostics areas, has gone so far as to create its own lean-oriented methodology, Danaher Business Systems.

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India is a family-oriented country, and you might live at home with your family your entire life.

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Dad-oriented gadgets for work and play now abound, fascinating the recipient and adding value to his life, while celebrating his love for the wonky gizmo.

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The six-wheeled bots are being designed to carry a significant scientific payload, oriented around the search for life, but won't slouch in the maneuverability department, with six independently rotating wheels.

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