Personal drive in this case is about self-control, the will and determination to master emotions, to turn away from the object of temptation.
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We have protected Google from outside pressures and the temptation to sacrifice future opportunities to meet short-term demands.
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Resist also the temptation to act from bitterness.
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Along the way, there was much temptation to move away from its focus.
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Boosting demand at home will reduce the temptation to divert it from abroad.
Believe me when I say that I realize how difficult this is with an economy having slipped back into recession last year and the ever-present temptation to back away from commitments on defense spending.
In validation, especially if you have a sample product in hand, the temptation to cross the line from asking to selling is almost irresistible.
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The temptation for companies is to book revenues from swapping capacity upfront, but to label the cost of acquiring it as capital expenditure which is written down over several years.
The temptation to surge on First Avenue can come from the feeling of redemption that comes not only from the wall of sound one encounters on the avenue, but from surviving the desolation of the Queensboro Bridge.
He should resist the temptation to use them, and instead devolve power away from the presidency.
Imagine the temptation of being able to borrow large amounts of capital from investors at very low interest rates, with the loan not coming due for 100 years.
However, the temptation of billions of non-taxpayer dollars being funneled from USPS coffers directly into the US Treasury, for the government to spend as it pleased, was too much to resist.
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This means overcoming the temptation to ignore, discount, or rationalize uncomfortable results stemming from bad decisions.
One solution is simple: Lessen the temptation by removing some, or all, of the regulatory powers from exchanges, freeing them to focus on profits, like any other company.
The temptation should be resisted to view security assistance as a slush fund from which resources can be readily drawn to meet the needs of nascent democracies for economic assistance.
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After estimated GDP growth of just 1.7% in 2007, down from 3.9% in 2006, there would be a very strong temptation for the prime minister to put further budgetary cuts on the back burner and focus instead on stoking the economy rather more.
There is always the temptation for Mexican clubs to take the short-term route and buy in ready made foreigners from, for example, Argentina.
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At last year's meeting, however, directors persuaded 73% of those voting to resist the temptation to grab the money and run, arguing that they would get better value in the long run from having their mortgages and savings with a mutual organisation.
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One reason is that the limited devolution of power from Paris to the provinces in the 1980s has increased regional politicians' powers of patronage: hence the fall into temptation in the 1990s of Alain Carignon, mayor of Grenoble, and Michel Noir, mayor of Lyons, both of whom went to prison.
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