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dichotomy

noun bifurcation, bipartition, bisection, dissection, divarication, division, halving, separation, split, subdivision

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William Sheehan replies: Clearly, Venus is a special case, and it is only because its orbit is the most nearly circular of all the planets' that observers in the 1950s and 1960s (and presumably Schroter himself) were able to ignore, with relative impunity, the small discrepancy between the times of greatest elongation and dichotomy.

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Dichotomy Founder and CEO Adam Goodman will bring his full staff and other Dichotomy assets to the company.

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Mewett's second point is much weightier than his first, as he doubts the functionality of the dichotomy I employ in my article.

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The second attitude dichotomy is perceiving (P) through gathering information or judging (J) for making decisions (Kroeger &Thuesen, 1988) which shows an individual's attitude towards deadlines, organization, and decision making.

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The concept of dichotomy (also termed binary/ binaries) is used in many fields, not just career development.

Dichotomy, dialectic and dialogic: how do sociology terms assist career development theory?

men dichotomy means understanding that making decisions means accepting tradeoffs.

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Several shopper trends have converged to create this dichotomy," said Thom Blischok, president of IRI Consulting and Innovation.

Value, prestige brands faring well in recession

Identifying the right-left dichotomy helps a coach drive home the importance of being able to move both ways with equal facility.

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The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays.

Putnam, Hilary. The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays

This inaccurate image, he argues, is a result of centuries of 'us' against 'them' dichotomy.

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Our cover story this month, "Tale of Two Markets" on page 23, calls on experts from major brokerages to explain the dichotomy and predict any more far-reaching effects of the losses from the storms.

Weathering the after-waves

It was by exploiting this dichotomy that Peinado ultimately succeeded in calling attention to the interstices between absolutes such as white and black, upside-down and right-side up, and even Brooklyn and Manhattan, evoking a marginalized space in which nuance and gradation generate flux and foster possibility.