As for the corporate embrace of innovation: before we give in to temptation, and dismiss these efforts as cynical platitudes, consider the following: what if a senior leader within a large company decided she genuinely wanted to innovate, to try to get a traditional corporation to think differently, to share ideas better, to express passion and enthusiasm, and to leverage scale to maximize the impact of such innovative thinking.

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Rather I suspect he found himself sliding insidiously down that very slippery slope we can all find ourselves on when we first decide to give in to the temptation to surrender self-respect for self-interest, albeit perhaps in more mundane ways, in our own lives.

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However, the European Union might give in to the temptation to overly ease in order to stimulate Europe's stagnant economies.

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However, the European Union might give in to the temptation to overly ease in order to stimulate Europe's stag-nant economies.

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But the United States should not give in to the temptation to respond by acting offensively in cyberspace.

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But on this day, we are reminded that at our best, we do not give in to this temptation.

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Then realize that as soon as you give in to the temptation, as soon as you release the tension, all the pleasure will be gone.

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There is a temptation, in conservative circles, to give the Bush Administration all the credit for this.

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Well you won't find us standing in line to pick up such a luxury item, but we do have to give Lenovo credit for avoiding the obvious temptation to go with a traditional 15th anniversary theme, and unleashing a crystal-studded monstrosity that would make IBM execs cringe with horror and regret every time they saw one being flaunted by a colleague.

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