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  • Mr. Baumeister is less concerned about the wimpification of modern man than about the degree to which men have been historically "exploited."

    Testosterone Put to the Test Dave Shiflett 2010

  • In several cases where cuts were actually taken from secondary sources, such as Baumeister's "Denkmaler des klassischen

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • Now, the room has been rearranged to suit tradition, thanks to the museum's wood conservator Mechtild Baumeister who toured Ottoman reception rooms in Syria and came back to discover an overlooked numbering system on the panels lining the museum's version.

    A New Home for Arab Treasures Kelly Crow 2011

  • According to Roy Baumeister and John Tierney in their new book Willpower, it's incredibly difficult to make a change in more than one area of your life at a time.

    David Lose: Need Help With Your New Year's Resolutions? David Lose 2012

  • Christoph Stark's feverish film, Taboo -- The Soul is a Stranger on Earth, is based on the real life experiences of Austrian poet Georg Trakl (Lars Eidinger) and his younger sister, Grete (Peri Baumeister).

    George Heymont: What Part of the Word "Verboten" Did You Not Understand? George Heymont 2012

  • The reason is simple: "Bad is stronger than good," as psychologist Roy Baumeister and his colleagues put it.

    How a Few Bad Apples Ruin Everything Robert Sutton 2011

  • But Baumeister says the test used may not account for other factors besides self-control that could contribute to aggression, such as personality or the competitiveness of the task itself.

    People can exercise only so much self-control 2011

  • According to Roy Baumeister and John Tierney in their new book Willpower, it's incredibly difficult to make a change in more than one area of your life at a time.

    David Lose: Need Help With Your New Year's Resolutions? David Lose 2012

  • Roy Baumeister, director of social psychology at Florida State University, has done extensive research on self-control.

    People can exercise only so much self-control 2011

  • According to Roy Baumeister and John Tierney in their new book Willpower, it's incredibly difficult to make a change in more than one area of your life at a time.

    David Lose: Need Help With Your New Year's Resolutions? David Lose 2012

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