They choose not to let negative thoughts rule the day.

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In fact, it is likely that only a small proportion of hereditary cancers have a link to the BRCA gene, so a negative result could never rule out even hereditary breast cancer.

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There were only two, 1990-91 and 2000-01, the latter not even counting as a recession by the old rule of needing two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

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In addition, Summers expects negative same store sales will continue as will negative free cash flow--and he did not rule out bankruptcy as an option for the company.

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The economy fell into an unusually deep recession, and as a result the Taylor Rule started to indicate that interest rates should be negative.

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Correspondents say the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia fears that greater regional self-rule will deprive it of federal tax revenues and have a negative impact on social services.

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The fact that Ben Kuchera quoted Totilo in the first place may break some fuzzy, golden (and often unspoken) rule of gaming journalism, especially since it cast Totilo in a negative light.

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Sentiment among analysts has turned negative, but favorable technical signals for the small-cap sector give good reason not to rule out a potentially aggressive rally.

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Some European countries have enjoyed healthy growth in recent years, but Germany, the biggest economy in the euro area (and the world's third largest) had two quarters of negative growth in the second half of last year, according to figures released on February 27th: as a rule of thumb, that is how economists judge whether a country is in recession.

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