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Jane became ambivalent about her engagement to Tom as she realized she still cared so much about Mike.

With a light touch and keen ear, she had spent decades chronicling the ambivalent desires of her self-absorbed cohort.

W hat would the history of psychoanalysis look like if Sigmund Freud had not been so very ambivalent about his Jewishness?

Its authors note that those near but not at the bottom of the income distribution are often deeply ambivalent about greater redistribution.

Presumably, the neatness of our pigless yards would impress him. But it is hard not to feel that he would, at least, be ambivalent.

First, India's colonial heritage has left it with an ambivalent attitude to English, along with a desire to preserve local languages.

She had been ambivalent about their Jewish friends and his relatives , though outwardly she seemed not a prejudiced person .

She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.

He remained ambivalent for a long while about actual nature of light .

Guo Yuozhang, 63, whose grandson attends the Loulong school, said he was more ambivalent.

And many are from families that have been American for generations, no longer speak Spanish and are ambivalent toward the new arrivals.

ambivalent Kate Chopin, a great American writer, maintains an ambivalent attitude towards mother-women in her fiction.

Like many famous couples, they have had an ambivalent attitude about media coverage of their marriage and family.

To be honest, it was an ambivalent feeling.

In person, his chatter is more ambivalent, thoughtful, punctured with smiles and a sense of humour.

although she professed fear of the russians , she seemed to have ambivalent feelings toward philby himself.

I must have acquired ambivalent attitude towards women from her.

At present the public appears ambivalent: polls suggest mixed feelings on both free trade and a higher consumption tax.

And the Arab Spring, which many gay-rights organizations hoped would bring greater acceptance, has proved to be an ambivalent blessing.

Hide quoted text -educators and parents have long been ambivalent about game using and its role in education and few take a neutral stance.

It may be true that Japanese are, on average, often ambivalent towards the West, towards America, and towards all things not Japanese.

The Islamists are not the only local rulers ambivalent about the onset of famine.

The protectionist lobbies that have wreaked havoc during past economic downturns are weaker or more ambivalent this time round.

Many Nepalis seem ambivalent about kings in general; but almost all want to see the back of this one.

Philosophers had an ambivalent attitude toward the interpretation of dreams.

The legacy of Mr Khodorkovsky's oligarchic past is still evident in the ambivalent attitude revealed by opinion polls.

"The majority of Americans are more ambivalent than hostile [to undocumented immigration], " says Massey, a professor at Princeton.

From the first, the British have been ambivalent about supermarkets.

This type is the most ambivalent of identity as well as the most logical of the subtypes. The pure debater.

As the title suggests, he is ambivalent about this place.

His ambivalent feelings of attraction and repulsion come into play even in the case of dirt's temptations.

Ours is an ambivalent social world, characterized by tensions over gender roles, social status, and the expression of sexuality.

Barnaby Joyce, of the junior opposition National Party, is less ambivalent. He calls Mr Rudd's plans an "employment-termination scheme" .

Feminists, meanwhile, have an ambivalent attitude towards what used to be called the capitalist patriarchy.

It is precisely because chemistry is the human science that people have a decidedly ambivalent and often confused relationship with it.

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence.

Yet few, if any, when really pressed, are willing to give up the Christmas holiday, in spite of their ambivalent feelings.

Moreover, through the garden, we can learn about people's ambivalent attitudes toward nature.

Because most cotton farmers market outlook is bullish, becoming ambivalent, psychological is heavy, market rised less volume.

When interviewed, these elderly rationalized why they were ambivalent about today's young people.

Its hallmarks are pragmatism, opportunism and an ambivalent attitude towards the uses of violence.

By associating himself with the jihad in Afghanistan, about which Pakistanis feel more ambivalent, Mr Mehsud may hope to restore his image.

His own feelings about his comrades are ambivalent.

But Mr Rice is ambivalent towards recessionary associations, fearing another tough trading period during a recovery.

I remain ambivalent: my own cultural instincts are strong.

The fact that the Chinese seem ambivalent about assuming the responsibilities of global leadership could also help.

Some previously ambivalent ministers have been won over by advice from the security services.

Finally, the combination of realism and satire is analyzed to reveal Lewis's ambivalent feelings for the middle class.

While not ruling out the use of such crops in sustainable agriculture, the report's conclusions are, at best, ambivalent.

Yet many Asian governments, for all their eagerness to get their hands on more tax revenue , still remain ambivalent about gambling .

The few reports available that try to analyse what a DPJ victory will mean for China are ambivalent in their conclusions.

And feelings about the big questions of culture and geopolitics are as ambivalent in the rich world as they are in Muslim states.

"Well, you must be in the Nate Robinson fan club, clearly, " said Rivers, who's more ambivalent, clearly.

When it comes to love, we're ambivalent about "opposites attract. " Christie Nicholson reports.

Not long before, the agency had been deeply ambivalent about drone warfare.

The centre is therefore polar and ambivalent, representing a tension of opposites from which energy flows.

Yet many Midwestern businesses at a USCCC conference last week appeared ambivalent about pushing for US tariffs on Chinese goods.

As a result, she had a very complicated and ambivalent reaction toward Zaisheng yuan, an earlier controversial tanci by Chen Duansheng.

The emerging powers are jealous of their sovereignty and ambivalent about human rights.

Chigurh has achieved an evil state of grace that the ambivalent masses will never know.

The ruling Communist party has an ambivalent relationship with overseas Chinese.

This kind of wto and birth ambivalent about career with his almost coexists, and the accompanying throughout his life.

The following decades would be an ambivalent time forChinese women.

she felt ambivalent about his proposal; an ambivalent position on rent control.

Princess had ambivalent thoughts towards jaguar knight.

Hester shows her inner feelings of ambivalent attitude to the Puritan beliefs.

ANZ is building a bigger presence in Asia, having been ambivalent towards the region for years.

Japanese have long shared his ambivalent feelings about nuclear power.

Since I'm ambivalent, my take is that the estimable college presidents have not made a persuasive case for lowering the drinking age.

Emily Dickinson's attitude towards religion is ambivalent.

He keeps to himself, his feelings still ambivalent.

In most of western Europe, feelings are more ambivalent.

Although I share Anna Hazare's rage against corruption, I feel ambivalent.

When it comes to love, we're ambivalent about "opposites attract" .

France supports the move while China appears ambivalent.

Gates is ambivalent about his celebrity.

Brazil seems almost ambivalent about its aid programme.

Ms Liao can also testify to the mainland's ambivalent attitude when it comes to letting outsiders help.

Many Japanese managers are ambivalent about such matters too, and they complain about having to do it.

The phrase "taking exercise" has an ambivalent ring for me.

A president is elected by America's more ambivalent people, and is accountable only to them.

Conversely, for all Rio's economic dependence on China, it too is ambivalent.

It is not that China's top rulers are ambivalent about coal mining deaths.

I have a very ambivalent attitude to those type of things, as I'm not a great lover of red cards for petty offences.

Students say they are ambivalent about returning to a world where they can be reached at any moment.

There is an ambivalent feeling towards rural workers.

Perhaps Spain is an ambivalent example because of the victory of fascism.

Pepinster is ambivalent about these.

Just state your wish and resolve, even if you feel ambivalent about it.

The artist's ambivalent relationship towards death is rooted in the fact that he not only fears death but at the same time desires it.

"It makes us ambivalent and more vulnerable to giving up when problems occur, " she writes.

Indeed, Beijing is ambivalent.

If in spite of ambivalent feelings you keep on celebrating the Christmas holiday, it could be because of its hidden meaning.

At first it was ambivalent about calling for international help.

Wallace is more ambivalent about these deeper questions.

He has been ambivalent about his parents' divorce.

We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a child.

In fact, the state's attitude seems ambivalent.

Of those groups, 29 are considered to make up an underclass that is hostile or at best ambivalent towards the regime.

Some of the differences are relatively trivial -- parentheses instead of angle brackets, for example -- while others are ambivalent.

At other times, it's been ambivalent.

Osama bin Laden's relationship with his family was, from early on, ambivalent.

He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.

Mr Stone at Motor Trend is also ambivalent.

Yet the government still seems ambivalent about them.

Many people feel ambivalent about the newly-introduced policy.

In addition, a majority of people who attempt suicide are ambivalent and not entirely intent on dying.

Institutional memories of the glorious Hong Kong years also help to explain the bank's ambivalent attitude to Britain.

Ambivalent feeling I have an ambivalent feeling.

Ambivalent Phenomenon in English is a kind of regular semantic movement, existing in all linguistic levels of English.

A close study of her ambivalent attitude toward her role in the society reveals Lily's double selves.

Hallucinating Snake: Sly's inner conflict must be interpreted as a sign of an ambivalent relationships towards its own body. we

Even more ambivalent is this mirror-symmetric ambigram of love and hate.

Equilibrium Management: Ambivalent Choice of University Loose Coupling

Ambivalent Sexism and Its Influence to Social Cognition of Women

The Ambivalent Cultural Personality of Current Youth

China's attitude to personal wealth remains deeply ambivalent

An ambivalent attitude towards one's best friend's wife

an ambivalent emotion of love and hate