"We are concerned about the continuing gap between anonymous reporting of incidents in the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey and the Recruit Training Survey and the actual numbers of complaints, " they said.

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Just keep in mind that an optimistic or pessimistic attitude expressed in a survey does not necessarily equate with action.

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Rachel Mostyn of Cosmopolitan Magazine, which in January conducted a survey among its readers on their attitude to rape, said many respondents did not understand "the incredibly complicated consent issue".

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Mrs Smith's concerns about the attitude of some Triage staff comes as a survey of charities and other organisations recruited to back up the 18 main providers conducted by the BBC found that many do not feel the Work Programme is delivering.

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According to a new survey by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers almost half of Georgians have a positive attitude towards Stalin, with that figure rising to 75% among Georgian pensioners.

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