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But sometimes people have the knowledge and the self-command to choose happiness, and they still fail to do so.
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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.
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This social capitalism is driven by collaboration and sharing, by the replacement of command and control by self-organising ecosystems of independent producers of software, apps and even components.
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By late last year, uprising leaders said they had no choice but to accept government supervision and enroll the area's men into the Afghan Local Police, a self-defense force that is under the command of the Ministry of Interior in Kabul and mentored by U.S. special-operations forces.
WSJ: Once-Touted Afghan Force Falls on Hard Times
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The statement from the information ministry said the military would "follow the command of the president not to carry out offensive attacks except in self-defence".
BBC: Burma ends military offensive against Kachin rebels
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Similarly, when an octopus changes skin color in self-defense, such as by mimicking a poisonous sea snake, the decision may come not from central command but from the skin itself.
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