Disposition
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The aging Dalai Lama has publicly discussed a range of unorthodox possibilities for the future
disposition
of his soul – from being reincarnated as a woman to naming his successor while he is still alive.
The most sickening irony for a European of my age and
disposition
lies in the way narrow-minded and dispiriting nationalism is so often expressed.
With his well-rehearsed sunny disposition, Reagan expertly played his role as president, but with a decidedly Hollywood flair.
Individual variations in body fat and, worryingly,
disposition
to psychosis, means that you cannot predict how much will affect any person at any time.
Though public outrage may have forced him to retreat, his
disposition
to attack will soon make itself felt elsewhere.
As the International Institute for Strategic Studies coyly put it after the Tomahawk strike: “If it appears that Trump is on the way to reaching an appropriate policy equilibrium, his impulsiveness, ignorance of international affairs, unsystematic nature, native contrariness and ‘transactional’
disposition
probably preclude the coalescence of a distinctive ‘Trump doctrine.’”
Of course, there was much else in the manifesto – fantasies about reviving the medieval Knights Templar, for example – that suggests a more bizarre disposition, and Wilders was quick to distance himself from Breivik’s violent methods.
First, they interpret the deal as vindication of their ill-fated effort in May 2010 (together with Brazil) to reach an agreement with Iran on the
disposition
of Iran’s nuclear fuel.
Valuable scientific specimens, no matter who happens to own the land, should not be at the
disposition
of those who see only dollar signs in nature.
Deciding the
disposition
of the world’s cultural patrimony is not like buying a toaster.
Yet big and small alike must realize that their current
disposition
implies the slow suffocation of Europe's most exciting and successful experiment in bringing peace and prosperity to the old continent.
One of those terms concerned the
disposition
of Greece’s remaining public assets.
Even the popular German tabloids, not normally of a do-gooding disposition, are promoting a willingness to help.
As the economist Lionel Robbins recalled: “Confronted with the freezing deflation of those days, the idea that the prime essential was the writing down of mistaken investments and…fostering the
disposition
to save was…as unsuitable as denying blankets and stimulus to a drunk who has fallen into an icy pond, on the ground that his original trouble was overheating.”
It is probably calculating that a few dozen casualties, or even a few hundred, will still be worth the greater prize--a US military presence in Iraq that looks over the
disposition
of more than 100 billion barrels of oil while breathing down the neck of Iraq's next door neighbor, Saudi Arabia.
With his approachable
disposition
and willingness to engage in dialogue, Biden has devoted his long political career to the essential labor of forging consensus between Democrats and Republicans.
Forgas found that having a positive mood increased the students’ gullibility, while a negative
disposition
almost completely eliminated it.
Money for NothingMUNICH – A monetary-policy regime centered on quantitative easing (QE) and zero or even negative interest rates has created an extraordinarily permissive environment for politicians of a certain
disposition.
Trump, feasting on burgers as he binge-watches Fox News stories about himself, embodies this
disposition.
Much of what we take for granted today – from electricity, transistors, and computers to lasers, modern medicine, and smartphones – is the result of this new disposition, undergirded by basic scientific research (most of it financed by government).
Half in jest, I suggested that this aggressive
disposition
was still there among British soccer hooligans who ransack stadiums and foreign towns.
The common foundation supporting this vast Trumpian tent of rural whites, Latinos in Texas, Chinese-American entrepreneurs, white suburban women, and a small but growing share of black men is a deep-seated notion of authority – a more primordial
disposition
than ethnic tribalism, religious affiliation, and sexual identity.
As it happens, there is a common thread uniting conservative whites, Asian Trump supporters, and a significant portion of African-Americans and Latinos: a
disposition
known as right-wing authoritarianism.
It is often the product of a natural
disposition
or a reflection of a personal attribute (although it is no doubt easier to be happy when you are rich and healthy).
It takes a heroic
disposition
to assume that this magic number exists or that, even if it does, our collective endeavors will result in an actual real interest rate close to it.
But as the language of efficiency and sustainability shifts, economic thought must catch up with the new
disposition.
Moreover, given the results in 2018, Democratic Party leaders might well discourage making the
disposition
of the president the key issue in the next election.
Moreover, Captain Nemo's reclusiveness, his changed disposition, and especially his total silence since the battle with the devilfish all made me see things in a different light.
His actions were so little under the control of his mind that if some morose philosopher had said to him: 'Seek to take advantage rapidly of a
disposition
which for the moment is favourable to you; in this sort of brain-fed love, which we see in Paris, the same state of mind cannot continue for more than a couple of days,' he would not have understood.
It was easy to come to the belief, not only for those of an anxious disposition, that it was impossible ever to finish it.
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