The risk (or probability) of an event (or disease) occurring in a specified period of time is very difficult to measure in many situations, particularly for wildlife, whereas the odds of an event (calculated as the number of events divided by the number of nonevents), as demonstrated in this study, are quite tangible.
Dawson says: "It is quite serious, tangible and very welcome.
Given the non-physical, non-tangible nature of emotions, it is quite revealing to see how emotions are conceptualized and encoded in the lexicon of a given language.
"Robert is quite unique in that he uses the same actors as tangible witnesses to the passage of time, somewhat as Fassbinder did".
In a way it's disappointing that TotalMusic has run its course – the music industry is desperately in need of innovation, and it sounds like the initiative was making some progress, even if it wasn't quite tangible yet.
You have this idea of the people, but they're not quite tangible".
And we thought… to frame it as a tangible journal was quite important because it's a social norm, journaling, so essentially we wanted to also get around this kind of stigma associated with mental health and focus it on emotional health and just simply the act of journaling," says Wood.
The results obtained by splitting the firms by debt capacity (tangible net worth) are quite similar to those based on splitting according to size.
Women found it comforting to have team mates who had experienced similar situations to which they could turn to for information and support: I find there is a familiarity…with these women that I can't quite define and it is not tangible but I feel something, more closer to them; I feel close to them for whatever reason and for reasons other than just we boat together and we do things together.
Brands aren't quite so tangible, so quantifiable.
Of course for most companies, sustainability-related, enterprise-threatening risks are not quite as tangible as miles and miles of your product killing an entire ocean.
