Everyone's operating assumption is that they should resign Jan 1.

"The operating assumption has always been if you build the housing, the retail will come," she said.

Before the attacks, the operating assumption was that armed hijackers should not be resisted.

"Our operating assumption is that he is dead," the official said.

This particular poll concerned the election chances of then-candidate Steinmetz under certain operating assumptions regarding his marital status.

Their operating assumption was that radio signals were the natural choice.

The operating assumption: get the overall structure in shape, and good teaching and learning will fall in place.

"Our operating assumption is that these elections will go forward," he added.

"My operating assumption," he said, "was that we didn't have anything in writing on it."

"In the past everyone wanted to preserve the viability of hospitals, but that is no longer the operating assumption of the market or the government."