Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
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Karzai, seen as vulnerable earlier this year, has consolidated his authority recently.
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The political authority that role requires, however, has already been seriously undermined.
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The EU competition authority is scheduled issue a decision by June 20.
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For good reason: following a trusted authority often reduces feelings of uncertainty.
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As in 1947, the new czar was given responsibility without commensurate authority.
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Purpose: Quality assessment and assurance are important issues in modern health care.
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A spokesperson said his office gave Mr Boshier that assurance last week.
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I accept, of course, his assurance that there was no deliberate connection.
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She said her father's presence in the home also gave her assurance.
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Posts include project managers, senior software engineers and software quality assurance engineers.
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Plenty of contemporary accounts admired his adroitness, sureness, strength, fluency and tone.
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We should like to be informed of the grounds of this sureness.
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He also knew, with sudden sureness, that it was one of many.
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They seemed rather puzzled in spite of the cock-sureness of the first individual.
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Mr. Prohack could appreciate the catholicity and sureness of taste which it displayed.
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Dacre raised himself with leisurely self-assurance and peered in the same direction.
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He moved with the self-assurance of someone who was used to fighting.
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Maybe the frustrations of the past few weeks had cracked his self-assurance.
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The long immunity from harm had given the lad a certain self-assurance.
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He straightened in his chair, and assumed his old air of self-assurance.
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That leads to the growing self-confidence of the far right, Kleffner said.
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Today I feel more positive, with self-confidence and with energies, Hopkins said.
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In the first ecstasy of pleasure she luxuriates in joy and self-confidence.
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Ireland exudes a new self-confidence and maturity that eluded many earlier generations.
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Jaaskelainen's self-confidence seemed almost infectious so far as his team-mates were concerned.
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Consumer confidence was higher, and the crisis in Europe seemed more contained.
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US consumer confidence held steady in May, the Conference Board said today.
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Mr Peart said public confidence has taken a battering over recent years.
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I didn't have a climbing-confidence problem; I just had a confidence problem.
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Economically, business suffered production and financial loss with consumer confidence adversely affected.
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The State Department forwarded Quackenbos' report to the Italian government in confidence.
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In Europe, consumer confidence deteriorated in July despite expectations of an improvement.
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His government ruled for half a year without winning a confidence vote.
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Any weakening of consumer confidence could hit Linden Homes' market in particular.
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Market conditions don't appear feasible, investor confidence is not upbeat, he said.
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That leads to the growing self-confidence of the far right, Kleffner said.
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The confidence in the state sector is reflected in the stock market.
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They reduced confidence, and as a result they reduce activity, he said.
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All you need to sell confidence, however, is evidence of previous confidence.
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However, today you will have the confidence to settle matters more directly.
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He only declined to answer one question, for reasons of commercial confidence.
