But as long Mr Thaksin remains in power, his opponents will struggle to maintain their self-control.

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Industry groups, though, maintain that self-regulation is preferable to government requirements for a fast-changing, global medium like the Internet.

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Our self-knowledge is blinded, colored by our wishes, fears and unconscious motives, the greatest of which is the need to maintain a high self-image.

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And that audience gets what it wants within the first 10 minutes of Nancy Meyers' blithe, self-regarding, fitfully charming paean to the fairy-tale luck of middle-aged women wealthy enough to maintain a delightful standard of living after a divorce.

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Maintain a confidential and safe environment to become more self-aware.

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Our organization, Team Rubicon, uses continued service through disaster response as a means to maintain purpose, community, and a sense-of-self.

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California's demonstration projects promote education and self-sufficiency by offering cash incentives to teenage welfare parents who attend school and maintain a C average.

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For example, in order to maintain the highest level of genetic purity, distinct varieties of self-pollinated crops such as wheat, rice, soybeans and barley need to be separated by at least 60 feet.

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Critics maintain that the CQC scores the wrong things and relies too much on self-reporting.

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Schools gain and maintain accreditation via a peer review system, and though some deans find the required self-reflection to be useful, others say the time and resources spent on paperwork and preparing for campus visits aren't worth it.

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