(Even secessionists are not immune from the temptations of expansion).
He spotted the rise of the internet and convenience shopping early, resisted the temptation of international expansion and achieved a balance between price and quality.
When the time comes to develop a 'wish list' of new programmes and programme expansions, there is an obvious temptation for members of working/advisory groups to 'expand empires' by proposing new investments within their own budget area.
Whether the incentive is to attract talent, cash out, fund expansion or pay death taxes, the temptation to take a family company public often divides generations.
In both Quebec and Scotland, independence is mostly a movement of the left, and a separate currency would create the ever-present temptation to use the printing press to accommodate fiscal expansion and industrial policy.
Indeed, the temptation is strong for lawmakers to include irresponsible expansions of student loans in reconciliation bills in order to balance out other spending.
Because Russia behaves irresponsibly — including its latest disgraceful threat to base missiles near Poland — the temptation in the Obama administration will be to continue with NATO expansion and perhaps even with the ill-advised missile system for Europe.
The statement reinforced the growing view among economists that the new Chinese leadership will resist the temptation to spend some of the $3.5tn£2.3tntn) it holds in foreign reserves to underwrite further expansion by state-owned enterprises.
