"He's observing a self-denying ordinance, " noted panel chairman, Spectator editor Fraser Nelson dryly.
During Ramadan or Lent, for example, the observant manage to be self-denying even as they struggle to stay on a diet or hold back their temper.
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She said that she was never tempted to try drugs for the role but is hardly self-denying (after the show, she smokes cigarettes and grabs drinks).
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The entire movie cries out that exalted, self-denying spirituality, however noble, is less sane than everyday love and sex and the full adoration of the sensuous world.
At three hours, the drama, about the mismatch between a tormented, self-denying pastor (Samuel Froler) and a coddled bourgeois woman (Pernilla August), is one prolonged, unrevealing study in frustration.
Mr Jones gives his readers all the information, but, perhaps because of his self-denying ordinance mentioned above, does not spell out his own conclusions, and the book just stops.
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Business journalists have taken to producing glowing profiles of self-effacing and self-denying bosses such as Haruka Nishimatsu, the boss of Japan Airlines, who travels to work on the bus and pays himself less than his pilots, and Mike Eskew, the former boss of UPS, who flew coach and shares an administrative assistant with three other people.
This conclusion should be non-controversial to anyone other than Wall Streeters who, let us not forget, make a living denying the dangers related to their self-dealing.
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But if parents, teachers and the other adults in a child's life never acknowledge "how things are" -- no matter how good the intention may be -- then they are denying that child an opportunity to mature, to develop a strong sense of self-confidence that can only be earned by recognizing shortcomings and dealing with disappointments and failures.
As her article was hitting the presses, the Obama administration had already begun openly denying the existence of one of her self-proclaimed great achievements in office.
On the contrary, they insist, it is those who do not accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state who undermine the principle of equality, by denying to the Jews the right of self-determination they extend to others.
Too many today chase the American myth of unlimited potential by denying biological limitations, including performance enhancing drugs in sports, searching for self-esteem with cosmetic surgery, or pushing the frontiers of reproductive medicine.
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In 2002, Mr. Wey, without admitting nor denying wrongdoing, was fined and briefly suspended by the National Association of Securities Dealers, a former self-regulatory organization.
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