The statement came ahead of a three-day visit starting Sunday, by the Chinese defense minister, Gen. Liang Guanglie, for bilateral talks, including discussions of confidence-building measures between India and China.
But the rest of the interview tossed discussion of confidence and achievement aside and focused on the real issue plaguing the female face of an entire nation: plastic surgery.
Some readers have asked why, given my scornful discussions of the "confidence fairy" story about fiscal austerity (will that be my lasting contribution to economic discourse?), I'm willing to take seriously the idea that ECB rate hikes had a huge impact via expectations.
The interpretation of the results is very different; for example, see our discussion on confidence intervals.
For a more detailed discussion of setting confidence and support measures, see Hahsler et al. (2005) and Megiddo and Srikant (1998).
"The common thread running through most discussions was the crisis of confidence, exacerbated by the events of June in Beijing," Anderson wrote.
And as a first step towards a more secure Middle East, free of all weapons of mass destruction, there needs to be serious discussion of regional confidence-building measures.
But the talks in Delhi made some progress, with discussion of more confidence-building measures, such as the opening of new crossing-points on the line of control, and an Indian proposal to halt building of new army posts along it.
We aim to introduce the discussion on the crisis of confidence to sport and exercise psychology.
In a discussion about the use of confidence intervals in equivalence trials, Senn [ 23] maintained that "all standards of significance and confidence are in any case arbitrary... little can be done to remove the arbitrary element".
