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).
Watching the Oscar ceremony can be such a bore--an anti-climactic exercise in industry self-congratulation.
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.
So self-publishing is an exercise in futility and obscurity.
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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.
In one study, 35 patients self-monitored their diet and exercise using PDAs, a technology now largely replaced by smart phones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do you have an environment and schedule that supports your self-care so you get enough exercise, rest, and renewal?
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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.
Psychiatrists, therapists, self-help books - everyone recommends good "sleep hygiene", regular exercise, structured social activities and, above all, taking your medication daily and on time.
Despite allowing themselves the indulgence of wine-drinking, members of this group practised reasonable self-discipline in matters of diet, exercise and smoking.
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).
It was not an act of martyrdom, or of arrogance or self-delusion, but, rather, an exercise in intellectual consistency.
And the January 5, 1995 issue of the journal Physiology and Behavior reports that exercise decreases tension and boosts self-esteem.
Mr Horridge said it took weeks' of encouragement to get the youngsters actually out in the open because many were too self-conscious to even go outside let alone exercise in public.
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.
And whenever there was an exercise goal to be reached, I would self-sabotage right before attaining the goal.
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