If this survey had to take sides in the argument, it would support the optimists.
Notably, neither the president nor his secretary of education wanted to take sides in the dispute.
"We are not in the West seeking to take sides in this internal dispute, " he told CNN.
But he also said that it was not the role of television to take sides in a political conflict.
The US ambassador to Britain has told the BBC that his country would not take sides in the Scottish independence referendum debate.
He added that he could not take sides in the election dispute.
This was welcomed by MPs, who said they did not want to take sides in what is a dispute between difference branches of the Sabah family.
Brazil recently turned down a request from Colombia's armed forces to use an airstrip in the Amazon, saying that it did not want to take sides in an internal matter.
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But if they should ever find themselves asked to take sides in a war between America and China, almost every Asian country would try to find a seat on the sidelines.
Bumi shareholders will have their first chance on Thursday to take sides in a battle between the founders of the mining company, as a vote will consider whether to revamp its board.
This is not to take sides in what is an important debate, with passions that run high on both sides, merely to point out that their huge presence in the UK can't be assumed to be a net good thing.
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Prof Lian Degui, a Japan expert at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, also tells People's Daily that Mr Abe may undermine relations if he tries to "pull the US into the water" and push Washington to take sides in territorial disputes.
Under Mr Major's often indecisive and dithering leadership this division has widened as more and more Tories have concluded that a battle is already under way for the post-Major party, and that they had better take their sides in it.
The US has no territorial claims in the region and will not ''take sides'' in disputes, she stressed.
They will play two Tests against the Kiwis, before all three sides take part in a one-day series.
More generally, by refusing to take sides, the US is in fact siding with its enemy Iran and Iran's proxy Hezbollah against its ally Israel.
So it is essential that on this occasion the two sides in Cyprus should take full ownership of whatever is negotiated.
Satellite Sentinel does not take sides between the various warring parties in Sudan, but is focused on stopping violence that may occur, including violations of the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement.
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Rather than class warfare in which politicians take sides with the poor or the rich, deifying their own side and vilifying the other, we need leaders who will call for shared sacrifice.
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It is hard not to take sides, and the director himself is unambiguous in his sympathies.
Both sides take a cut of the flourishing trade in petrol illegally refined from Chechen oil.
Our hope is to create an atmosphere by -- through confidence-building in steps that both sides take so that we can transition from proximity talks to direct talks -- not simply to get to direct talks, but to have those direct talks succeed.
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The very words "majority" and "minority" in American demographics are about to swap meanings, like partners on opposing sides of a Virginia reel who lock arms in the middle, whirl about, and take up positions on opposite sides of the lineup.
Some in Russia want the Armenians to take sides against the Georgians, perhaps by stirring up the Armenian minority there.
It presents stories in ways that encourage people to take sides.
Behind this offensive screen, however, Sinn Fein overwhelmingly voted for a Yes campaign on both sides of the border, and agreed to take seats in any new Northern Ireland assembly.
And on 20 January, you the American people began to write the latest chapter in the American story, with a transition of dignity, in which both sides of the aisle could take great pride.
In the end, Citigroup evidently decided not to take sides and not to vote their shares.
As a trustworthy symbol for what is, in essence, freedom of speech, Facebook cannot take sides on a political issue.
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The Ugandans said that a letter from the Egyptian FA stated that, "according to the regulations in this Cup, the visiting sides have to take care of their costs".
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