The changing state landscape also reflects a lot of ambivalence by state officials themselves.
Jobs and Kaczynski represent the extreme poles of a deep-seated ambivalence in our attitudes toward technology.
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What makes Guan all the more surprising is his country's ambivalence toward the sport.
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Ambivalence about the agreement may be the most debilitating factor in the Trimble campaign.
But Cuddy and her colleagues found that we respond with ambivalence to other personality blends, too.
The combination of cultural development and changing social habitus was to fill Hoggart with a deep ambivalence and uncertainty.
But, in truth, Mr Blair has always displayed a marked ambivalence towards Labour history.
Alas, the Roosevelts' enthusiasm for international law has been replaced by a deep American ambivalence.
Even if he did not, the Likud's ambivalence over the disengagement plan would make campaigning hard.
Then, there are dozens of skeletal, half-painted signs that seem to highlight the nation's ambivalence.
Egalitarian Iceland still had deep ambivalence about capitalism, but making a pile of money abroad was okay.
It is also Europeans' continued ambivalence about the whole idea of exercising power on the world stage.
That has given his regime an ambivalence which, says Mr Petkoff, the newspaper editor, is its trademark.
Yet, typical of Mr Okada's ambivalence, he insists Mr Ozawa himself is all for banning corporate donations.
That ambivalence has been a part of American history, and part of the American psyche, since the beginning.
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Europeans have a "deep ambivalence" about capitalism, he says, lamenting a "vicious cycle" of protectionism and government meddling.
The simple claims of humanity have all too often fallen through the cracks of the great Indonesian ambivalence.
Yet it was the German voters' ambivalence in the autumn of 2005 that led to the "grand coalition".
Mr Blair's ambivalence reflects the change in his feelings towards Europe during his eight years as prime minister.
The ambivalence was nicely captured earlier this week by two contrasting reactions from early-stage life-science shops in Boston.
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Though there has been condemnation of the United States, there has also been a mixture of ambivalence and rejoicing.
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When he kisses Judy during the circling apparition of the tower in her bedroom, the rhythm twists into ambivalence.
There are tantalising allusions to both the fascination and the repulsion which animated the later Ottomans' ambivalence towards Europe.
He showed a volatile ambivalence toward his oldest son, whom he dubbed Good-for-nothing.
The days of ineptitude and ambivalence have been replaced with uncharacteristically lofty expectations.
Such a large holding helps align an executive's interests with those of shareholders, and it leaves no room for ambivalence.
Even carmakers that are officially supporting MirrorLink express ambivalence over ceding control to mobile devices and potentially degrading its brand.
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Unionist ambivalence was only heightened by the sight of Sinn Fein's special weekend conference to consider the agreement in Dublin.
One House GOP leader said Republicans in the House were frustrated by the administration's "ambivalence" on the issue of federalizing screeners.
It provides a clue to the government's deep ambivalence as it considers how to respond to worries at home and abroad.
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