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 ironik
 
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							| Dear friends, We can say tolerance for cold, tolerance for medicine, is it common to say" you should have a tolerance for losing?" 
 edit: or tolerance for failure? |  6 Mar 2013      
					
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 yanogator
 
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							| Yes, both are fine. Bruce
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 cunliffe
 
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							| Yanoogator  is right,  and it �s a useful skill. I teach my students to be magnanimous in victory. I emphasise the other side of the equation: be a good loser, congratulate the winner and shake hands. Occasionally, it works, too! |  6 Mar 2013     
					
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 ironik
 
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							| thanks a lot  |  7 Mar 2013     
					
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