In the history of European clock technology, the monk is an early and very rare example of a self-acting automaton, one whose mechanism is wholly contained and hidden within its body.
After the dispute, the prosecution said the defendant tried to make the weapon disappear to create a "false impression of a law-abiding citizen acting in self-defence".
Law-abiding citizens acting in self-defense actually shoot and kill many more criminals each year than police do, and with a much lower percentage of incidents where an innocent person is mistakenly identified as a criminal.
The MPAA cannot be blamed for its "take-no-prisoners" approach, he said, as it is only acting in its self-interest.
Notice should be served, however, that if China -- which has threatened repeatedly to veto a U.N. resolution condemning Pyongyang -- blocks adoption of this resolution, the international community will not be prevented from acting in its self-defense.
Now they view the U.S. as acting in self-interest rather than according to any moral code.
Rahim had claimed he was acting in self-defence in connection with the murder, which was rejected by the jury.
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But the armed police officers claimed they were acting in self-defence after a colleague had been injured by fans.
He said he was acting in self-defence after the victim picked up a piece of wood to attack him.
On Thursday, prosecutors told Liverpool Crown Court they were dropping the charges because they could not prove he had not been acting in self-defence.
Hadden claimed, in evidence, that he was acting in self-defence, saying Mr O'Brien was swinging the bat wildly at him and he had to protect himself.
In June, acting as self-appointed guardians of the country's secularism, Turkey's generals in effect removed from office the coalition government led by the Islamist Welfare Party.
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In fact, those who deny it are acting in self-deception.
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No defence was heard in the trial, but the jury was told that Worvell claimed to be acting in self-defence after the two other men attempted to attack him with pieces of wood.
Defense attorney Tony Abbatangelo later told the judge he believed Drayton may have been acting in self-defense when he allegedly grabbed the butcher knife, a steak knife and a pizza cutter during the scuffle.
Tomic's lawyer Carmen Dieguez said the reason that he used his head to attack Drouet was because the tennis player, 29, was holding the coach's arms at the time and that he was acting in self-defence.
The boy had claimed he was acting in self-defence after accusing Mr Nimalaraja of picking up a piece of wood to attack him during an altercation with youths at the junction of Gypsy Lane and Northfield Road.
The more interesting suggestion is that these men are acting out of self-interest.
It takes advantage of Switzerland's liberal laws on assisted suicide, which suggest that a person can only be prosecuted if they are acting out of self-interest.
Unlike the erratic democratic political process, there exists in markets a stable, welfare-maximizing equilibrium at which free-acting individuals also optimize social welfare while pursuing their own self-interests.
Acting accordingly as a self-defined enemy of the United States, Castro's alliance with Iran is unsurprising.
He claims he shot Martin in self-defense after Zimmerman saw the teenager acting suspiciously in the neighborhood.
Depending on whom you ask, this type of testing is the result of doctors looking to make a few extra bucks or acting in their own self-defense, or both.
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In addition, there is significant Israeli resistance to surrendering a wholly self-reliant defense posture to an unreliable ally acting as an impartial peacekeeper.
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The word "secretary" conjures up images of a bygone era, of pearls and sweater sets, sensible heels and knee-length skirts, and the right mixture of efficiency and self-effacement to fade into the background while acting as a powerful man's right hand.
The Southeastern position, in effect, is that Michael Dell is acting out of simple economic self-interest and not out of his stated desire to hasten the transformation of the company without worrying about quarterly financial performance. (But, you are thinking, Gordon Gekko taught us that greed is good, right?) In short, Southeastern is saying that Michael Dell is seizing the day, buying back the company he founded on the cheap.
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Amazing, it truly is, that all these workers, firms and households, acting without visible co-ordination and guided mainly by self-interest, manage to produce such extraordinarily beneficial results.
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