Outpatient diagnoses are accompanied by an indicator for their diagnostic certainty with the specifications 'certain', 'history of', 'suspicion of' and 'exclusion of'.
Earlier this week, David Brooks got into perhaps undue trouble for contending, in the Times, that people in blue states are apparently responsible, through their condescension and their certainty, for driving red-state people to, well, cling to their guns after gun massacres.
They might lack many things -- a penchant for modest goals would clearly be one, as would allegiance to the conservative politics associated with their evangelical elders -- but if there's anything they have for sure it's their certainty about Jesus.
As the Eighties take a grip of Maureen and Charlie, however, they become caught up in the self-gratifying spirit of the times, and they swap their certainties for aspirations.
"We understand that people saving for their retirement need certainty and stability in policy settings in particular when it comes to tax policy settings.
These days, companies are using intellectual property to provide legal certainty for their development community.
Resource companies wanting certainty for their investments will now add their voices to those of the indigenous groups in seeking treaties.
The so-called community patent promises inventors a cheaper way of registering their inventions across the European Union, and more legal certainty for their patents.
"In the interest of providing certainty for their customers, the banks and the BBA have decided that they do not intend to appeal," the BBA said.
