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  • Because for 40 years, there's been an accord that's held, that essentially gives the Palestinians in 12 refugee camps, throughout Lebanon, their own self-security.

    CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007 2007

  • She now, more than ever, wished to deliver Theodore from the hands of the surgeon, and was musing on the possibility, when he, with so much self-security, developed the means.

    The Romance of the Forest 2004

  • But although God sets before us such an example of his kindness, that the faithful, if at any time they may have fallen, may confidently hope to find him gentle and propitious; yet we must beware of self-security, when we observe, that the holy woman who was, at that time, the only mother of the Church on earth, was exempted from dishonor, by a special privilege.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • The connection of the word of the law and that of the gospel, which is thus skillfully made, removes all self-security, and forbids despair, which are the two pests of religion and of souls.

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

  • He was a large man, nearing his fiftieth year, and a quiet self-security a quality of being at home in the world was the chief of his effects.

    Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

  • It had suggested comparisons which wounded his self-respect too shrewdly and endangered his self-security.

    The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

  • An easy, dreamy self-security is the extreme of madness.

    Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Joseph Barker 1840

  • Now, I'm finally experienced enough to understand the key to her self-security.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2009

  • But I hope to learn from my mom and never confuse job security with self-security.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2009

  • You know the pattern: With prosperity comes self-security.

    Christian Examiner Newspapers 2009

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