Maintaining quite different, even inconsistent, strands going at the same time, keeps the mind open and prevents it settling too soon on one path or another.
If we examine the facts with an open mind, if we consider the long-term ramifications of the choice we make in the upcoming election and how it will affect future generations, each of us has the potential to be a swing voter.
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Police said the death was unexplained and the force was "keeping an open mind" about the circumstances.
Dr Charles Shepherd, medical advisor for the ME Association, said patients should keep an open mind on the issue.
But it was only through continuous dialogue -- at the dinner table with friends who could advise us, and using calm voices in the bedroom with one another, and keeping an open mind on the couch at the therapist's office -- that we were able to find a way to make our familial cultures meet in the middle at our mutual American one.
The government says it is keeping an open mind on whether the goal of reining in excessive pay can best be achieved through new guidelines or legislative changes.
So again, the question is going to be do we all come to the table with an open mind and say to ourselves, what do we think is actually going to make a difference for the American people?
But Ignatius and the original Jesuits continued to have an open mind, giving themselves the freedom to evolve.
The chief inspector added that he was keeping an open mind about where the threat came from.
At the time of his death police said the last confirmed sighting of Mr Roberts had been the day his court appearance was reported but they said they were keeping an open mind about the motive.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said he has an "open mind" regarding the conduct of officers in the Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" row.
The Conservative party has also opted to keep an "open mind" on the report, with the promise of unveiling its own policy on higher education later in the year.
What we get out of Thursday will be, as I said yesterday, based on the willingness of those participating to come in with an open mind and discuss the ideas and the plans that they have.
The fox keeps an open mind, adjusts theory to evidence and is wary of ideology.
Levein says he will go into the meeting with an open mind, but he will have preferred scenarios - as well as those to avoid.
The government in Delhi had been keeping an open mind about whether to talk to him after the elections, but outrages such as the murder of Kashmir's law minister are bound to shut it.
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Promising "a new beginning for policing" in Northern Ireland, Mr Mandelson strengthened the powers of the new policing board and said he had "an open mind" about further changes to the bill.
However, we are most certainly willing to keep an open mind on the subject.
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His government says it has an open mind about the desirability and implications of the idea.
Gardai said it was very early in their investigation and they were keeping an open mind about the reasons for the assault.
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GM, which is in the early stages of recovery after a massive restructuring, insists it is approaching the alliance talks with an open mind.
Crowded roads congest the mind just as open roads free it.
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We maintain an open mind about the involvement of these people.
"I think they're willing to certainly keep an open mind about the future and see how things go over the next couple of years, " Ryan said.
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Police said they were keeping an open mind about the cause of the blast but were looking at the possibility that it was caused by a family member doing DIY in the home.
Global Insight analyst Ronel Oberholzer, who is based in South Africa, thinks South Africa's new president Zuma will keep an open mind about the consequences of the deal in terms of its impact on jobs--made easier by the fact that Anglo already announced plans to cut 10, 000 jobs at its Anglo Platinum unit in February.
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