This strangely self-destructive behavior seems at odds with our supposed intelligence as a species.
It becomes a host-destructive, and self-destructive, spiral for the host population and the parasitic government.
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Any client-friendly change or investment in efficiency during their brief tenure at the top is self-destructive.
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Some suggest that this is a self-destructive expression of defiance of authority and the French state.
But self-destructive terms of service aside, Skipity seems to be a real search engine.
Yet it is Russia's self-destructive streak that has turned testing weather into a tragedy.
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This is why the West needs to use all its influence to counteract Russia's self-destructive behavior.
"And he's self-destructive, " which will help him fit in with many of the pre-existing characters.
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The bad news is that it is finding its expression in an outbreak of self-destructive China-bashing.
Given these realities, raising already high income taxes has to qualify as somewhat self-destructive over the long run.
This is the drama of a flawed and self-destructive hero, a protagonist of great achievements and overweening presumption.
The brothers' self-destructive ways in turn reflect the premature "interrupt" that marred their early lives their father's tragically early death.
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Self-Destructive Hubris would be for President Clinton to give in to the temptation to fire special prosecutor Kenneth Starr.
With Vincent Cassel as perhaps the most liberated (and self-destructive) man in Europe.
Whether boys are gay or straight, these manipulative introductions to sexuality can set lifetime patterns of exploitation and self-destructive behavior.
Sheen has a long history as a problem child and I am not defending either his self-destructive or violent behavior.
Ultimately, seceding from the BCS is one of the most self-destructive things that the Big Ten or Pac-12 could do.
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He exhibited "self-destructive, aggressive and violent behavior" and suffered extreme depression, withdrawing from his family and children, court documents said.
Lee and Yun theorize that anti-inflammatory drugs counteract the body's self-destructive response to heart failure by decreasing the body's fight-or-flight response.
With Tim Roth, Maria Bello, Billy Zane, and, as a self-destructive Pilager heiress who sits around and practices archery, Daryl Hannah.
While business, having just regained its independence and dignity, is leery of reentering an unequal and self-destructive relationship with the Obama administration.
Lane as the tortured soul at the play's heart is magnificent showing sides that are charming, witty, savage, self-destructive and yearning.
Any trade sanctions and retaliation between the two countries will be self-destructive.
Of all the overwhelming compulsions you can be ruined by, all of them have some potential for some perverted, self-destructive fascination except eating.
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The debt ceiling is redundant, and threats to breach it are self-destructive.
But she married Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a brilliant but self-destructive film maker.
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Examples of this self-destructive practice include the death tax, the capital gains tax, and the second layer of tax of dividends.
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The fact is that how David Cameron and his team responds to rage albeit frequently self-destructive and self-defeating rage could help redeem a seriously tragic situation.
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The lessons she learned about withholding judgment are evident as she considers the scandalous, self-destructive women her age who command so much tabloid attention.
"I had my head in the clouds, was mad, neurotic and self-destructive, a very different character to the one you see today, " she said.
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