Public opinion polls show a sharp improvement in attitudes towards the United States since Mr.Obama took office in January.

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Military analyst Talat Masood says militant leaders' denunciation of government and religious leaders as un-Islamic, hardened Pakistani attitudes against the Taliban.

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Price says the incident with General McChrystal and the departure of Cowper-Coles reflect varying attitudes about the best approach in Afghanistan.

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Although Arab attitudes toward the United States remain unfavorable, identified U.S.attitudes toward Islam as the policy issue they are most pleased with.

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So,essentially we borrow from research in psychology that shows that religion affects believers' moods, happiness and risk-taking attitudes.

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Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, said that creates the sense that the U.S.does not trust Muslims with democracy.

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And the committee wants to not only endorse, but contribute to enhancing that kind of international policy and the attitudes which he stands for."

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The goal is to change attitudes about women,she said, and to address the challenges they face.

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But he added that, just as the United States must change the way it conducts itself in the world, so too must its neighbors abandon old attitudes.

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So I think that it is a very positive speech and also it will impress a lot of people in the Islamic world to think of the attitudes of the United States,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

People will think you are sick and they are not going to vote for you.' And my message was, 'I am a public figure and this is my responsibility,'" But Stanford's Dr.So - whose mother-in-law died from liver cancer - says changing attitudes is just a start.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The agency notes cultural differences, views and attitudes toward suicide influence whether people will attempt suicide and whether suicides will be accurately reported The WHO report says most suicides in occur in Asia, which accounts for up to But it reports Eastern European countries have the highest rates of suicide.

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People in Poland have very emotional attitudes to politics, and when he is saying something like that people think, 'oh,we will have something like a totalitarian regime if the president is also from Platforma,'" Makowski adds that the summer holiday season may also affect the vote, since wealthier Poles tend to support Komorowski and many will be leaving for vacation over the weekend.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03