My testing shows that this signal is this is backward-looking and not very useful, but since a large number of people believe it, they act on it resulting in a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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The reasons given for disagreeing with any extension to the Act for fraud perpetrated on transnational entities are self-serving at best and, at worst, represent a dereliction of their public duty.

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MPs also posed questions to Solicitor General Vera Baird on justice for burglary victims who act in self defence, and to deputy Commons Leader Barbara Keeley.

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Second, there were fears that touting offensive IW might engender enmity on the part of adversaries in an act of self-fulfilling prophesy.

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, also a secure-looking despot, fled Tunis for the relative safety of Saudi Arabia on January 14, 29 days after the act of self-immolation.

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Self-important CEOs demonstrate an ability to act on their supreme confidence when others are timid.

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And this beneficial outcome follows, remember, on the extreme assumption that voters act not out of concern for the greater good, but out of pure self-interest.

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Without a self-directed advance medical plan for a patient, relatives are often asked to step in and act on a loved one's behalf.

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