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Any human with courage and presence of mind can outwit a troll, and those whose faith is strong can even challenge them to mortal combat.
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You have to have a presence of mind in these big matches.
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The complete loss of the aircraft and all its company was avoided only as a result of his courage, high skill and presence of mind.
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There's a balance there... if we're working with people, it's really important to be pretty stress-free and have presence of mind.
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In reality though, in a panic situation most seamen have just about enough time and presence of mind to locate and don a lifejacket.
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Suddenly recovering her presence of mind, she thrust her hand into the bosom of her dress, drew forth a book of the play, and read the words.
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She decides to own every heart and rule every mind with her intelligence and presence of mind.
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I was very proud that one of my coworkers had the presence of mind to think of that!
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He was unsuccessful at the first attempt and so, with great presence of mind and deliberation he managed somehow to heave it over the parapet of the trench.
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This combination of presence of mind and courage saved the lives of many of the working party.
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