In some cases, eccentricity spilled over into mental instability: Paul Ehrenfest's desire to keep up with developments in quantum mechanics eventually drove him to suicide.

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Paul, Minn. has no desire to let go of the high-growth units and be left with the clunkers.

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Yet, Rep. Paul wants to take advantage of our youthful desire to please ourselves in the now at the cost of forfeiting the future.

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And, except for Dr. Paul who appears to have overshot the mark on popular desire to dissolve the federal government, monetary policy is being marginalized or ignored.

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David Villalobos, who is hospitalized in stable condition, told police "his leap was definitely not a suicide attempt, but a desire to be one with the tiger, " according to Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the NYPD.

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Paul, son of Libertarian Rep. and perennial presidential candidate Ron Paul, has been a highly controversial candidate as a result of his stance on civil rights and his desire to see a dramatic shrinking in the role of the federal government.

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