This difference in handling conflict could be the decidingfactor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.
这种处理冲突时的差异，可能会决定谁能晋升到领导位置。
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By and large, people felt that their actions and hard work—not outside forces—were the decidingfactor in how their lives turned out.
总的来说，人们觉得决定他们人生走向的因素是他们的行动和工作的努力程度，而不是外部因素。
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I can concede that a player's mental attitude can be the decidingfactor in an event, for instance, a marathon running or even a less strenuous game such as chess.