When you are running well in anything, the natural tendency is to overestimate your ability, let down your guard and lose your perception of risk.
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" Attorney General Eric Holder called the drug cartels a "national security threat" to the United States and said Americans "simply can't afford to let down our guard.
Then he let down his guard and started taking these do-over shots, gimme putts and at the end of the 18 holes, it took him about 200 swings to score an 82.
But Mr Padilha warned state authorities not to let down their guard as the rainy season could exacerbate the situation, with standing water providing an ideal breeding ground for the mosquitoes carrying the disease.
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So, I came here in part to say we cannot let our guard down.
"I think we just ... let our guard down a little bit, " said Gonzaga's Mike Hart.
The first couple of months were a strain for Arianda, who struggled to let her guard down.
Mitt and Kate let their guard down and not surprisingly there are consequences.
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Like many victims of intimate partner violence, my mother let her guard down.
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If Asia's reformers let their guard down for an instant, they could yet find themselves on the canvas again.
Suppress thoughts of smoking, and the thoughts come rushing back with even greater force once you let your guard down.
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"I know very well that these acts worry society, but the solution is not to let our guard down, " Poire said.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have discovered that the loopy font also helps to get people to let down their privacy guard online.
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But in the third round Sylvia let his guard down for a split second, allowing Nogueira, a Brazilian jujitsu master, to grab his neck and pull.
The Tigers let their guard down in terms of monitoring his behavior most likely because they thought he was supposedly clean in 2010, and he had a great season in 2010.
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Why do such people let their guard down?
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Given this history, and the fact that Abdelmutallab himself indicated at the time of his capture that more attacks were being planned, now is clearly not the time to let our guard down on monitoring who is here from overseas and why.
People feel free, with a goofy American guy who has expressed interest only in their food and what they do for fun, to tell stories about themselves -- to let their guard down, to be and to reveal, on occasion, their truest selves.
White House officials and their allies on Capitol Hill, including key Republican lawmakers, are increasingly optimistic the measure will pass Congress, but an administration official said the White House would not let its guard down because the number of lawmakers publicly committed to the measure was still shy of the votes necessary for passage.
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Unfortunately, even professional spies were tempted to let their emotional guard down and Wolf suffered several instances where his charges fell in love.
But when you let a team get confidence and they start making shots, it's tougher and tougher to guard them down the stretch.
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