10 years, more certain science, less political will".
He had labored as a carpenter in New Jersey, but yearned for something more certain and less seasonal.
The best evidence of Congress's bias in favor of production as opposed to conservation is the fact that the legislation would authorize oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge while doing nothing to improve the fuel economy of automobiles and light trucks -- a more certain and less destructive path to both energy independence and cleaner air.
When people publicly commit to a religious or political perspective, whether left or right or what have you, when presented with information challenging their positions they become more certain, not less certain, of their positions, as anyone in sales, marketing or psychology well knows.
Given the actual declines described above, such negative correlation would suggest that more certain expectations are less accurate.
Being more certain = being less hesitant.
As expected, the results showed that the more frequently NAEs were experienced the more individuals had a favourable and weak (less certain, less important, more ambivalent) attitude towards violations, as well as strong habits.
Looking back now, Brown is able to say that she is "grateful" for the awfulness of her Los Angeles experience because it made her more certain of her sound and less willing to compromise.
Such visible pigeonholing might resonant better with an older age group that's more certain in its identities, and less in thrall to fickle fashions.
We communicate to become more certain of our views, not less certain.
