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Moreover, until recently, feelings of sexuality and sexual need among those over 60 years of age might be cause for guilt feelings, based on the culturally constructed assumption that people were supposed to "mature out of" sexual interest and become sexual neuters as they entered into their so-called "golden years
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This view emerged from the assumption that women generally do not enjoy sex, and that they only engage in sex to have children
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profits in the assumption that frugality is best
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Until we receive further signals, I'm going with that assumption
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We need to realize that there is a difference between "inference and assumption
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There is an assumption by some that a household
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has infants; therefore this gives us authority to baptize infants, but this is not an inference, it is an assumption
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How I’d react to the assumption that I’ve been so careless or uncaring that you could have become pregnant
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‘Precisely … he told me that he’d requested an investigation and jumped to the conclusion that I was there because I’d been asked to look into the problem … it would appear he’s not alone in that assumption
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assumption that “I should be” more responsible to other’s
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Berndt has the grace to look shamefaced as I turn to him in feigned astonishment, but retorts in kind to his friend, protesting that it wasn’t his fault if Joris had made that assumption; it was just that he hadn’t corrected him
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Is that a correct assumption?
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SAM: That is a correct assumption
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ERICK: I made love with her under the assumption she wanted to
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What was it that had caused this anger? Was it just Nuran's immaturity and her blasé assumption that mother Desa would fill in for her? Was it really jealousy as Nuran thought? She had to admit that Nuran had captured more of Alan's attention than Desa really wanted her to
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‘Yes,’ I agreed, wondering how he should know that – or is it an assumption he is making because I am not Welsh?
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Ken smiled and nodded his approval, believing in some uncharted way that Lucy was entirely correct in her assumption
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If the P is Philip Stevenson, which is a reasonable assumption, then it could be extrapolated that Margaret's visit to the clinic was not successful
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’ She said, riled at the assumption, even though her words had more than invited it
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Clubbers on the dance floor and in the bar area are staring, all of them making the same basic assumption; stupid, pissed up kids with one mother of a hangover on the cards
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assumption that the governments in our world had achieved some
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Also, there’s the obvious fact that the amount of energy required to give animalistic intelligence to a tree would require a magnetic monopole super-imposed within a super-massive black hole isolated within a Higgs Field times the density of a weakless universe divided by the sub-particle wave length of the root square of an isosceles triangle subtracting the para-statistical metadata equal to the maximum level of sub-atomic exotic particles, then acting under the assumption that in the event of the self-intersection of cosmic strings triggered by inordinate radiation, there would exist somewhere an object that was both simultaneously larger than the entire universe and smaller than an atom, blatantly violating the Law of Conservation of Energy
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It all depends on the assumption that
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" she was startled by his assumption
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life? It was a reasonable assumption (knowing the
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to be a partner for life, or – in assumption that
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“It is almost as if I were the assumption
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I still think in this assumption
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It would not have been a far-fetched assumption
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Calif: "Evidence for the common assumption that the wicked will suffer
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Mercer just sat watching her, resisting the urge to further mock her for what he deemed a childlike assumption about the way the world worked
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“Actually, my dear sir,” He sighed, “you would be unfortunately incorrect in that assumption
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I tensed at her assumption, and I was sure Joss could feel it
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fundamental assumption that there is a cause behind
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but since it is the basic assumption that determines the
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This basic assumption that all things happen because of
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“Good assumption Warlock,” McDonald countered jokingly
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Instead it would work on the assumption that there was the possibility of rescue
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All that we know about science is built upon this assumption
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‘They made the logical assumption that we had concentrated all our resources into one part of the Moon, the part where we stayed, where we experimented
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The assumption is that “I’m Asian, I don’t deserve a beautiful (insert type here) woman
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She didn’t know how many more of these tanks there were, but it was a reasonable assumption that the vast majority of sea mammals and fish were left to die in the fallout? Possibly there were areas of ocean unaffected, with radiation penetrating only so far
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The assumption was that Evan would kill me, too, if
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The assumption back of these blatant exaggerations is that if
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Your manner of dress also indicates a lack of wealth, hence my assumption about the rest of your village, but in your case, not a lack of intelligence
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Engineering, it lies in the (underlying) assumption of ―Native Inferiority‖
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Its elasticity is grounded on the assumption that our society is a living organism subject to the vicissitudes of enlightened opinions, changing social and moral values and evolving standards of decency
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I am aware of the existence of other people who have a similar likeness to me that confirms my own existence‖ (Freely adapted from Rene Descartes) The troubling assumption with most (nihilistic) existential thinkers is the idea that the universe is fundamentally evil; without purpose or meaning and that alienated Man must overcome the evil dynamics of Nature through his or her own (determined) efforts or by exercising Free Will that ironically lends force to conscious expression
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Its (hardened) principles are based on the assumption that ―existence exists‖, operating independently of ―consciousness‖ and that the decisions that an individual often makes are based on Reason, (alone); that is to say, Reason is our (only) ―proper guide to action‖
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customary assumption of deep learning, declared was "but a modern
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There appears to be among Men of Science a Will towards God but nothing approximating the traditional Godlike Qualities that typify the faith of true believers but rather the assumption of godlike features originating from Reason‘s assault on Faith, that, having shaken its resistance, seeks to discredit the conventional propositions of Eternal Wisdom
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because not every (worldly) assumption is completely false as others are not completely true
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The Republican Party has been operating under the mistaken assumption that it will be able to successfully rally its conservative base, never traditional allies to begin with, by pushing for higher tax cuts
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The problematical assumption of Free Speech in our society, I believe, demands broader (interpretive) judgments than at any (other) time in our nation‘s history
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I have encountered a number of practicing Christians over the years who are (seemingly) unable to resolve religious ―questions‖ such as the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption or Transubstantiation, for example; considering such (doctrinal) propositions set forth by the church as operating outside the prescribing (rational) limits otherwise informed by Reason, who are unwilling to contest, however, the Incarnation, Resurrection and the Holy Trinity as matters of Faith
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Police declared that the assumption of a cult crime
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Scientology is based on the assumption that the universe and, by association, all life-forms, are ―spiritually‖ joined together and that the applied sciences (and technology) are the pivotal means by which an individual may achieve a higher sense of spiritual awareness (and competence) that will ultimately lead to the discovery of that individual‘s ―divine‖ self
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assumption? Will higher corporate profits and salaries concentrated in fewer hands create a pyramiding effect? What would be the economic and socio/political fallout for world governments that would otherwise lose their middle/center?
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Addendum to the above: The assumption (here) is that Ideas have always existed in the mind; that they represent the hidden Wisdoms of God; that they are not formed as much as revealed to those courageous enough to seek them out
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There‘s a subtle difference here! Each member, if my part/whole assumption holds up, is therefore held accountable for the consequences that may otherwise follow because the transgressions of any single member has unfavorably affected the reputation of the (entire) body
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Dean‘s distorted reasoning and outrageous assumption makes me shudder to think that the former Democratic front runner might have been this (_) close to the presidency had this loose cannon not self-destructed during the Iowa Primary
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(This viewpoint is based on the assumption 120
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The (critical) assumption of inevitable consequences as they relate to voluntary designs, however essential to the formation of sound moral character, does not predispose a Will to Good; that is to say, Free Will does not dictate the
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Specious arguments advanced by women affirming their (legal) right to have an abortion on the (plausible) assumption that it is their body to do with as they please is arguable from the standpoint that a woman, or a man for that matter, is at liberty to jump off a bridge if she or he is so inclined (laws prohibiting suicide notwithstanding) provided that such quizzical decisions are of consequence to themselves, only
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Better informed now about the public recognition, Lucille and I started planning our trip to Spain in a way that would coincide with the Festival of Our Lady of the Assumption in Fuentesnuevas in August
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For that reason, we resumed our travel towards Ponferrada to attend the very deeply rooted festivities of the Assumption and of San Roque in Fuentesnuevas
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Debunking the “natural warrior” stereotype as well as the assumption that Natives join the military as a refuge against extreme poverty and as assimilation, the reasons for enlistment are connected to the relative strengths of tribal warrior traditions within communities
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He asked me to be sure to mention that assumption to you and ask if you could help get whomever it is off his back, legally speaking
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The other dangerous assumption I had made was also a logical one
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One could even say I envied him for being so care-free, seeing as the midgets put on his hat and rubbed his belly with cotton seed oil, but that would be a very wrong assumption
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I wondered if forensics reinforced that assumption
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“That’s nonsense! Even ministers would find that assumption idiotic! At best! Master Olom would have you scrubbing the horses for a week for even pondering such a connection! I do mean, scrubbing! Flayed brush and murky water for a week! Grooming a horse is no occupation for an aspiring Curator, mind you! And especially the horses’ parts where
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Hartle gave the kid, it was still hard to think of her as a girl, there’s one assumption that came back to bite, a gentle slap on the back, and left the room again
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It was an assumption, not the most reliable type of data
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Last, but not least, the many archaeological discoveries in the “Land between Two Rivers” that includes ancient Ur of the Chaldes were of a nature that would lead to the assumption that there had been a differently named god for each of the cities that developed over time
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“Let’s now look at the Problem of Evil and the large number of mutually inconsistent religions with that assumption in place
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of the field for jobbing, speculating, plundering, office-building & office-hunting would be produced by an assumption of all the State powers into the hands of the general government
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hunting would be produced by an assumption of all the State powers into the hands of the general
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Berlinski further disappoints me in his implied assumption that Darwin was the last significant word on his theory of evolution, and then proceeds to use later understandings as evidence to refute Berlinski’s atheist opponent’s assertions
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thinking mocks god in that it makes the assumption that there is no pen-
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If this is an accurate assumption, how would this Presence seek to inform Mankind of Its Being?
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As they matured, they began to resist, for the sake of stability, the newness of further interpretation that might have allowed greater revelation, on the assumption that all that was needed to be known had already been revealed
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This gave room for the assumption that I was an immature person who needed to grow up
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(This is only an assumption on my part)
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Consequently, the following are simply reflections, based on an unproven assumption that rebirths may occur:[175]
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He confirmed my assumption adding that the Koryo had their own healers in whom they had complete faith
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“so the Executive’s immediate assumption was that there had
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withheld on the assumption it would cause mass panic
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hardly read all the signage’s by the road side, with an assumption that “seen it,
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The truly unnatural aspect of these ostentatious lovers of nature is their assumption that the climate of the earth can be commanded to remain static through the destruction, not only of democratic and industrial society, but also of the entire human race
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When a new idea is presented as “scientifically” proven our trust in accepting it depends upon the assumption that the principles of the scientific method were followed in its validation
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8 (Of the assumption of Enoch to the third Heaven)
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All else is an assumption
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assumption obscure reality without destroying it
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Q: All you say is held together by your assumption that the
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general assumption was that black mothers spawned black babies and white mothers
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was and is, based on this assumption
