That is not to suggest that I am a model of abstemiousness who has never made an idiot of himself after five too many. |
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He does not seem to smoke or drink, although he has downplayed his abstemiousness since joining the drinks group. |
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My urbane friend, going through the motions of abstemiousness, can't resist a taste. |
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But by the time of the Los Angeles games in 1984 it had become clear that the reason was not new-found abstemiousness. |
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The life style of an élite athlete rivals that of an inmate for abstemiousness and monotony. |
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This study met with great scepticism among experts and shocked a fair number of doctors and advocates of abstemiousness. |
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In India he adopted a regimen of abstemiousness and good humour. |
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This abstemiousness has served it well as the commodity cycle has turned. In setting its interest rates, the Federal Reserve worries about growth and inflation. |
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Men and women of all ages and many cultures did not choose gluttony and sloth over abstemiousness and hard work in the space of just a few decades. |
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