It would this appear that Russian opposition to sanctions in Sudan is not purely a self-interested act or ploy, but actually reflects a comprehensive understanding of diplomacy and statecraft, one very different from our own, that is predicated above all else on the understanding that the first order of business for any regime is survival.
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In Amman, several Jordanian cabinet ministers joined anti-Israeli marches in an act of self-preservation as much as of solidarity.
The stock exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations effectively act as the SEC's beat police.
Some Masters of the Universe have such rotten hubris, such selfish, self-aggrandizing drives they act like primitive warriors from a more violent time.
In the meantime doctors urge people, as desperate as they may be, not to resort to self-immolation - an act that never, ever makes things better.
It is not a Western MNC (multi-national company) which can act in its own self-interest without government interference.
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Unless and until President Obama gives comprehensive and tangible expression to America's commitment to Israel-- in terms of reliable military assistance, unstinting diplomatic support and wide latitude to act in its self-defense-- the forces that have been unleashed by him and others will assuredly translate in due course into war.
That is, it might have been seen as the legitimate act of self-defense it is.
The problem is that many of these prejudices start to act as self-fulfilling prophecies.
Others slapped their chests with their hands in a symbolic act of self-flagellation.
The top managers act with self-confidence and little visible fear, anger, or arrogance.
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Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, told authorities the killing was an act of self-defense.
Mr Djotodia, the self-proclaimed president, would act as defence minister while several members of his Seleka rebel coalition would run other ministries.
With no hint of irony he says people shouldn't glorify the act of self-immolation and "should stop adding fuel to the fire".
Second, there were fears that touting offensive IW might engender enmity on the part of adversaries in an act of self-fulfilling prophesy.
For a slave to lift his hand "against the sacred temple of a white man's body, " even in self-defense, was an act of rebellion.
The PCOM was born in the late 1930s as a desperate act of self-defense by West Texas cotton farmers, who at the time could hardly give their seed away.
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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Sanitising his past was, in fact, a necessary act of self-protection for Wordsworth: many of his contemporaries found their careers blighted for good by their early commitment to revolutionary ideals.
Charged with first-degree murder, she could spend the rest of her life in prison if convicted, but she insists it was an act of self-defense after months of taking care of a troubled teen.
Mr Clegg has said people needed to allow the police, and the two inquiries set up by the Lib Dems, to do their job, rather than "act as self-appointed detectives trying to piece together events".
Earlier efforts to come to an accommodation with religious groups had run into problems because many large employers, including big Catholic institutions, self-insure, meaning they act as insurance companies by assuming the full responsibility for the health costs of their workers and use traditional insurance companies only for administrative services.
When people act against their self-interest I see a flashing neon sign: Interesting Psychology Here!
Though quitting the competition may have been an act of staggering self-regard, it was no hollow gesture.
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So both sides of the political spectrum have a motivation not to act in a self-defeating way.
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So even contemplating an acerbic parting shot at my organisation would be an act of profound self-loathing.
But Mr Holder said Bin Laden was a lawful military target, whose killing was "an act of national self-defence".
Falling in love makes otherwise smart and self-respecting people feel, and act, ridiculous.
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