Moussavi has called on Iranians to "exercise self-control, " while still supporting their right to demonstrate.
Or can something be done to restrain companies, or at least to get them to exercise self-restraint?
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Mr Mansell said the prosecution did not accept that Mr Wilkinson's medical conditions affected his ability to exercise self-control.
Farrow had been diagnosed with a psychopathic personality disorder and his barrister argued it "substantially affected" his ability to exercise self-control.
Cynics might call this whole exercise self-serving and hypocritical, but such apparent honesty is so rare in corporate reports that it is disarming.
Or is it an exercise in self-indulgence associated with a retailing strategy that would succeed in any case?
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This is not to say that private landowners cannot also exercise collective self-control.
And much of this process, of debating what might be done to prevent such tragedies in the future, is an essential ingredient in our exercise of self-government.
It's certainly true that postcards retain that personal touch missing from many blogs and group emails, which can sometimes feel like an exercise in self-indulgence with their reams of text and scores of pictures detailing the minutiae of Jeff's diving holiday in Ecuador.
Watching the Oscar ceremony can be such a bore--an anti-climactic exercise in industry self-congratulation.
Deciding what name to use is an exercise of intimate self examination.
Otherwise, it would all just be an exercise in artsy self-satisfaction.
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The silliness of the tease exercise made them self-conscious.
The declaration stated that Sudan should be a secular state or, failing this, that the south should be able to exercise the right of self-determination.
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Karma, a cosmic accounting system of checks and balances (the ultimate exercise, perhaps, in self-metrification).
And the January 5, 1995 issue of the journal Physiology and Behavior reports that exercise decreases tension and boosts self-esteem.
These participants ranked things -- friends, family, a hobby or a religious value -- that were important to them and wrote down a few sentences about why their top-ranked value was important (this is a standard self-affirmation exercise, Creswell says).
Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman -- whose office responded to the shooting at the Hermans' home -- said he believes the mother and her two children were in a life-and-death situation and she had no choice but to exercise her constitutional right to self-defense.
Even though they have not advised you of your rights, you can still exercise your Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
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Working at home, she has a lot more time to dedicate to exercise, cooking and other "self-care stuff" she had put aside when she worked 60 hours a week.
If a well-rested, smarter and nonsmoking self is not enough, exercise has also been linked to a better sex life.
So self-publishing is an exercise in futility and obscurity.
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And whenever there was an exercise goal to be reached, I would self-sabotage right before attaining the goal.
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In one study, 35 patients self-monitored their diet and exercise using PDAs, a technology now largely replaced by smart phones.
The award - body image and the relationship to well-being - will cover topics such as body image in the media, self-esteem, diet and exercise and aims to help young people aged 11 to 14 build a more positive body image.
Do you have an environment and schedule that supports your self-care so you get enough exercise, rest, and renewal?
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Despite allowing themselves the indulgence of wine-drinking, members of this group practised reasonable self-discipline in matters of diet, exercise and smoking.
The failure of banks to self-regulate on bonuses, or to exercise restraint, has now resulted in a bonus cap with a one-to-one salary-to-bonus ratio, which aims to put an end to the excessive risk culture which lead to taxpayer bail-outs and bank collapses.
It was not an act of martyrdom, or of arrogance or self-delusion, but, rather, an exercise in intellectual consistency.
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