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Sex under the trees was a common enough sight in Ku Kuei, and I wasn't under any delusion that I had been confining my lovemaking to Saranna because of any overconcern with faithfulness.
Enjoyment 2010
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And by terror affecting lives of others in travel, heavy debt they must eventually pay off, and over 300,000 troops put in harms way at some time sacrificing some of their own "blessings of liberty" - overconcern for terrorist rights is at odds with the goals of the Preamble in our struggle to one day restore the "blessings of liberty" to troops risking their lives in the field against Jihadis.
Axelrod: Obama "thought very long and hard about" about opening up the CIA interrogation memos. Ann Althouse 2009
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High self-monitors have the vice of overconcern about appearing unfavorably in what they say and do.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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High self-monitors have the vice of overconcern about appearing unfavorably in what they say and do.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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As someone who drives with the seasons to Florida and back, I tell you this rampage of overconcern knows no boundaries.
The Fly In The Soup 2008
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As Anna, the arty portraitist, Julia Roberts starts slowly-she's the living embodiment of a certain style of knit-browed overconcern Hollywood stars fall back on, especially when forced to act with Brits-but she gathers a serious head of steam, and by the credits has delivered a fine performance.
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This is -- the pressure here is to avoid bad decision-making because of overconcern about doing too much or too little, so that you either become too bold or too timid.
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But the report cautioned against "overconcern" about the numbers, which it said could overshadow the need to help policy makers address the problem.
NYT > Home Page By DOROTHY SPEARS 2011
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But the report cautioned against "overconcern" about the numbers, which it said could overshadow the need to help policy makers address the problem.
NYT > Home Page By DOROTHY SPEARS 2011
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But the report cautioned against "overconcern" about the numbers, which it said could overshadow the need to help policy makers address the problem.
NYT > Home Page By DOROTHY SPEARS 2011
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