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In Freudian terms, the Niceness Principle is often equivalent to the defense mechanism of reversal, in which the individual transforms the situation into its opposite, usually as a retreat from unpleasant emotions.
"The more closely Sydney's campaign to win the right to host the 2000 Olympics is examined, the more unpleasant it looks," the Herald said.
Lake's reasons: The Senate's demands for his FBI files, new questions about the CIA's role in the foreign-money scandal, and further unpleasant hearings on top of the pounding he's already taken.
Possible reasons for patients dropping out of the study (the so-called 'withdrawals') include death, adverse reactions, unpleasant study procedures, lack of improvement, early recovery, and other factors related or unrelated to trial procedure and treatments.
I once had such an ugly experience with the customer-service department of one of those companies that I wrote its president a letter of complaint on the letterhead of an impressive magazine in which I stated my intention of reporting in print how unpleasant it had been dealing with his company at every conceivable opportunity and that I would consider myself to be doing a service to my readers thereby.