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  • If the adversaries will concede that we are accounted righteous by faith because of Christ, and that good works please God because of faith, we will not afterwards contend much concerning the term reward.

    Apology of the Augsburg Confession Philipp Melanchthon 1528

  • Your characterization of interrogation techniques that do not employ torture as being negotiations seems way off-base, although somewhat understandable because I used the term reward.

    South Dakota Politics 2009

  • _, and attempts to make others the instruments of giving him what he calls his reward.

    The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

  • The elephant is our emotional, instinctive side, which is lazy and skittish and will take any quick payoff over a long-term reward.

    How To Change Things When Change Is Hard 2010

  • Any publisher who enters into an exclusive distribution and retail agreement on digital content that is tied to an exclusive channel and technology needs to think about what they are trying to achieve and the potential risk versus short term reward.

    Yesterday Discounts -Today Exclusivity Martyn Daniels 2008

  • Any publisher who enters into an exclusive distribution and retail agreement on digital content that is tied to an exclusive channel and technology needs to think about what they are trying to achieve and the potential risk versus short term reward.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Martyn Daniels 2008

  • Reciprocal altruism involves foregoing an immediate benefit for the sake of a greater long-term reward.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • One who has the virtues thus has a structure of motives that goes beyond mere self-interest and the desire for long-term reward.

    Moral Arguments for the Existence of God Byrne, Peter 2007

  • Reciprocal altruism involves foregoing an immediate benefit for the sake of a greater long-term reward.

    Be Fair....Be Patient....And Be Happy 2007

  • Similarly, entrepreneurial ventures must at least promise a near-term reward.

    A Reflection on our Times 2005

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