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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"temptations"”.
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The Impact of Individual’s Beliefs on Overcoming Temptations
… self-control involves mechanisms for overcoming temptations. Such mechanisms, however, may not necessarily be consciously deployed, and relatively little is known about how individuals’ explicit beliefs about temptations may impact their response to them. With this in mind, five studies were …
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Diversionary temptations : presidential incentives and the political use of force
This dissertation assesses U.S. presidents' incentives for diversionary war. The political benefits of the use of force were measured and compared to the benefits of other dramatic foreign policy activities. Gains from force were modest, not unique, and discounted in many circumstances of political …
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The Electoral Temptations of Natural Resource Revenues: Towards a Theory on the Origins of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Canada
This thesis works towards establishing a theory on the origins of sovereign wealth funds in Canada and argues that despite claims that they are inter-generational savings vehicles, in practice these funds are a means to create near- and medium-term fiscal flexibility that benefits the electoral …
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Temptation in Shakespeare's Plays
… contemporaries held that each of the temptations of Adam and Eve recurred in the devil's testing of Christ in the wilderness, and thought that in both instances the lures used represented types of the temptations diabolically designed to ensnare humanity. Furthermore, exegetes …
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MAINTENANCE OF NONSMOKING FOLLOWING SELF-INITIATED CESSATION
… more in control of themselves during and after temptations or smoking episodes than did relapsers.</p><p>Most temptations occurred at home or at work and they were primarily precipitated by intrapersonal negative emotional states or social pressure. Most smoking episodes occurred at home or in …
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Remodeling Beth
… feelings of parental inadequacy, adulterous temptations, and the spirit of her dead mother. The story examines the various coping mechanisms that people employ when dealing with grief, the psychological regrets of the living, the need for redemption, and the unbreakable bonds forged from …
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"By one man's firm obedience fully tried" : Christ the man and messianic misconception in Paradise Regained.
… places between the first and second biblical temptations. I soon determined, however, that the banquet is not a temptation concerned with food as an end but as a means. I believe that Milton intends the feast to be a temptation to glory disguised as a temptation of temperance. Satan offers …
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Married Couples Not Living Together and Risks of Contracting HIV/AIDS: The Case of Moshi Rural District, Kilimanjaro Region
… However, the main challenge reported involved temptations, responded by 42.2 percent of the respondents. Finally, the study recommended that the government should keep a strong policy, which should require married couples to work together in the same location so as to avoid not living together.
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Providing Christ-Centered Soul Care for Christian Leaders through GlobalLead International
… to show that Scripture speaks of the stress and temptations of Jesus and how he responded through His Trinitarian union that is exemplary for the soul care of Christian leaders today. The Ephesian passages shine light onto how the example of Jesus was looked upon for those in leadership in …
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Speech Behavior in Othello: The Conversations of Roderigo and Iago
… our understanding of Othello's reponse to Iago's temptations.</p><p>The six conversations between Iago and Roderigo are the subject of this paper. Since the two men are not social equals, it seems particularly useful to examine the politeness indicators of their conversations to determine who has …
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Assessment of the Contribution of Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP) In Improving Access to and Completion of Secondary Education ,Case of Moshi Municipality
… each ward secondary schools to help girls avoid temptations which will cause them fall in early pregnancies.
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'God Does Not Regard Your Forms': Gender and Literary Representation in the Works of Farīd al-Dīn 'Aṭṭār Nīshāpūrī
… as a haven for misogynistic views of women as temptations, distractions, and necessary evils. However, these simplistic characterisations cannot encompass the full range of the evidence, as we find many positive representations of women, and indeed female saints, alongside brutal anti-woman …
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'A Platform Upon Which All Could Unite?: Temperance in Ulster and the Irish Temperance League, 1858-1914'
… for its members where they were safe from the temptations of the intemperate society around them. This research shows that while the League could claim an all-Ireland status by 1912 it continued to struggle to overcome its Protestant and Ulster roots and become an inclusive organisation in …
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Footwork: A Novel
… explores the modern day-to-day struggles and temptations that face monogamous relationships. How do we negotiate truth within society and expectations that others have of us? What are the deals we make with ourselves and each other in order to live within society? Footwork examines how truth …
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Self-Curated Temptation: Attention to Alternatives in the Age of Social Media
… commitment, are better equipped to ignore the temptations of alternatives to their romantic partner. However, the majority of the research on this topic has focused on self-reported recall of relationship alternatives or responses to stimuli curated by others. Recent technological advances and …
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How Want vs Need Self-Talk Facilitates Goal-Directed Behavior
… can be a challenge, whether it involves avoiding temptations or striving toward long-term goals. When attempting to exert self-control, the way people address themselves (e.g., self-talk) is important. This study examined how self-talk strategies want and need affected behavioral self-control …
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The Spectrum of Virtue: From the Decent to the Excellent
… act rightly, we may be lured by bad or neutral temptations to act wrongly. Despite not acting from the best motives, such actions may still be to differing degrees good. By exploring such actions, I develop an account to assess when and how good any action is.The pluralist view I develop draws …
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Transport problems for students and their effects on attendance in community secondary schools in Dar es salaam city, Tanzania
… and private cars assistance which put them into temptations and the traps of devils as well as harassment from bus operators. The study recommends that government should organize more than two wards which are adjacent to apply central place theory to build comprehensive secondary school to …
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Six-month outcomes of a multi-campus smoking cessation contest
… weekly tobacco consumption, efficacy to resist temptations to smoke, use of quitting aids, and strategies to cope with withdrawal. Quitting was assessed using 7-day point prevalence and continuous abstinence. Results: Seventy-four (64.9%) of the 114 participants recruited for the study completed …
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"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh" : mockery and typology in Milton's poetry.
… power of mockery in the Lady's resistance to temptations in A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle. Chapters Three and Four focus on the role of divine mockery in the education of Adam in Paradise Lost. I first contextualize God's mockery of Satan within Raphael's pedagogical account of the war in …
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