"We are trying to change the social attitude and make it completely unacceptable, " says Chiao, an American who moved to Egypt in 2004 to work for an NGO.

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However, he claimed the direction of original trial judge Lord Nimmo Smith to the jury that it was not a court of "morality or social attitude" meant that Mitchell's "habit" would not feature in their final decision.

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Questions over his attitude and social habits took its toll over the course of the season.

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In the meantime, Allison continues to inspire people on social media with her positive attitude.

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For the most part, he has made Labour electable by adopting many of the Tories' own policies and, just as notably, much of their attitude, in economics, in social policy, on the welfare state, in dealing with crime, even on Europe and the single currency (the official Tory policy on Europe, that is).

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"In light of authorities' negative attitude to the very existence of an independent social union of citizens, these acts by the Federal Registration Service were not unexpected for activists of the movement, " the party said in a statement posted on its website.

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Earlier this month, Google pushed the "everyone is welcome" attitude to its extreme with OpenSocial, a partnership of social networks that will let developers create a common set of applications to be used across many sites.

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The master researchers and PR wizkids at Edelman conduct the annual Edelman GoodPurpose Study, , which surveys the attitude of 8, 000 consumers across 16 countries in regards to social issues and the results they expect from brands and corporations.

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