Given the stakes involved in such decisions, it is particularly troublesome that we find ourselves in largely self-imposed time compression, an arrangement inconsistent with the requirement for thorough policy deliberation, to say nothing of the development of the sort of consensus both nationally and internationally that is in order before any further taxpayer resources are committed.

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Niall Quinn, Steve Staunton and Alan Kelly have retired while the spectre of Roy Keane, in self-imposed exile until such time as McCarthy is no longer in charge, still looms large.

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The architects will not discuss what this self-imposed task cost them in additional time, noting only that the Memorial Foundation has been scrupulous in its contractual agreements.

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In 1987, she decided to emerge from her self-imposed exile and try the major fashion circuit again this time in Milan, where the focus traditionally has been more on fabrics and tailoring than Paris's couture details and flash.

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The result is that she has fallen victim to the trap of allowing self-imposed guilt to divert her from one of her values spending time with her children.

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