Students are graded on certainty and schools unwittingly train people to need it.
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"It is highly probable, bordering on certainty, that all three letters were authored by the same person, " the officials said.
But when you have your heart and mind set on certainty in an uncertain world, the natural chaos of things can upset your plans.
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If you insist on certainty, only uncertainty can result.
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Acting on that certainty, Rockefeller built the greatest fortune the world had ever seen.
Mr Kennedy also pressed for a "sane debate" on restoring certainty to pensions.
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In our negative real interest rate environment, the market has begun to put a premium on the certainty of income.
Given that we are focus on our discussions with Alibaba, and we are not in a position to provide further details or certainty on todays call.
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Moody's cited a lack of certainty on fiscal reforms and the region's weakening economic prospects.
Job creators, particularly small businesses, are looking for clarity and certainty: certainty from the tax code, certainty on the regulatory environment.
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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey denied that the licence fee settlement endangered BBC services in Scotland, saying that the BBC had been given certainty on future funding.
She also wants more clarity and legal certainty on the emergency funding arrangements, so that in future the banks take some of the burden off taxpayers for any bail-out.
While the dispute plays out in court, "the impacted businesses would like some more certainty on when and how they might need to adjust operations, " American Beverage Industry spokesman Christopher Gindlesperger said Tuesday.
With all of the controversy surrounding the proposals, I think we can count on at least certainty: the only secure jobs to come out of this discussion will be those belonging to the lobbyists.
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"The recent introduction of targeted tax allowances to promote the development of a range of difficult projects, coupled with the government's ground-breaking commitment to provide certainty on decommissioning tax relief, has prompted global companies and independent businesses alike to take another look at the UK as an investment destination, " Mr Webb said.
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In other words, common sense is always on the hunt for certainty: truth, logic, effectiveness, and success be damned.
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Their certainty rests on something much more visceral than what can be provided by any statistics and admittedly far-from-perfect studies.
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And that is just not a question they can answer with any certainty based on the last two years or this one.
It tells you to look within yourself and ask: Would I make the most important decisions of my life based on the level of certainty I have about these facts?
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"When they were in the job, they knew with complete and unerring certainty that on the economy, we were playing five-a-side football against an 11-a-side on a full international pitch, " he said.
The problem with these options is many people do not know what to say to someone who has accepted the end stage of life and will move on soon to the certainty of death.
Given the certainty of this rule, we were able to push the 2020 target to 2016, in a way that, again, helps our goals in reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and gives auto manufacturers the certainty that they have always wanted on the manufacturing side.
People are fearful that their lives can easily be upended, with no certainty of landing on their feet.
But ministers believe that many will prefer the certainty of staying on benefits to the uncertainty of coming off it without knowing they're going to get a job at the end.
They are not part of the ongoing court action, and I don't want to mislead you on that, but I certainty want you to know that I think that they're serious allegations.
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While the Company cannot predict the outcome of this investigation with certainty, based on the information currently available to it, the Company believes that the outcome of the investigation will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.
One certainty that did emerge on Election Night was a more evenly divided Congress.
They need certainty that we are on their side, and I do not mean by this private-government partnerships, but private enterprise itself.
They would be clearly be happier with a measured assessment of where the process stands which produced, once and for all, "certainty and clarity" on the weapons issue.
Google could have made the decision to stay solely focused on search, but they had the foresight to move beyond the certainty of what is to pursue new opportunity by focusing on what if.
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