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I would be most interested to know why the committee has turned ..... my proposal.

We should be delighted to find out when the new scheme comes into ......

Can you help please because I've lost my way and ..... to get to the shops before closing time?

..... to this map I should be near the church. Is it near?

I now want some kind of compensation for the total ..... of service I've experienced.

I have a long ..... of things I think are wrong, where shall I start?

Be over-confident: This makes you optimistic and then you make high risk decisions; as Henri Poincare said, "Doubt everything or believe everything - these are two equally convenient strategies, and with either, we dispense ..... the need to think for ourselves."

Have second thoughts: Second thoughts have ..... more useful decisions than all the difficult circumstances and overwhelming obstacles fate could ever throw at you; and undermining your authenticity by succumbing to someone else's second thoughts is a subtle and seductive form of self-abuse.

Rationalization to limit the course of actions: This strategy is very popular - ..... the cards to make one alternative clearly right and remove all risk.

Some people think prioritizing and ..... appointments, deadlines and activities helps to reduce stress because this simplifies schedules that seem busy or complicated.