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For half an hour we raced along , sometimes coming within a hair 's breadth of them as they leaped in front of us , until the entire herd had crossed over and then loped off into the distance . Since dysfunctional activity in the anterior cingulate has been observed in substance abusers under a number of conditions , these results may provide a basis for understanding impaired decision-making in substance abusers . [ 14 ] Paul 's stress upon inward motives as over against the outward act has been said to evidence a Stoic influence . Obviously the position of the United States in the global economy has changed quite dramatically as the American economy has strengthened and performed well . In some specifics , the patriotic impulse has diminished from the great spike upward seen in surveys just after Sept. 11 .