Word: egoism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last speech as party boss yesterday, Kadar blamed egoism and pessimism for Hungary's economic and political crisis in an emotional speech...
...yesterday's speech, he blasted "loosening" of social morals and the spread of egoism. Kadar said hard times were ahead and asked his countrymen to understand that recently imposed austerity measures were necessary...
...bunch of Harvard faculty members what books influenced their thinking and publish the results. Not much work is involved: pass around a few questionnaires; and then call a publisher eager to publish a book plugging other books. The result is this book, a rambling, pretentious mishmash of egoism and insight that is, ultimately, hard to hate...
Upon joining a club a student is stating, however subtly or even subconsciously, that he believes in ethical egoism, in putting his needs and pleasures above those of the community. When a student joins a final club he is agreeing to accept an institution that allows women in only after dark (and even then only through the back door), an institution that has to prove its superiority through ostentatious conspicuous consumption, an institution that feeds the fires of prejudice and aristocratic elitism...
...however, are worth particular mention, partly because their accompanying MTV videos have further confirmed today's angst. Both the literal and visual interpretations of, for instance. Laura Brannigan's "You Take My Self Control," radiate a preoccupation with instant and continuous self-satisfaction. The haunting flip-side of that egoism is a disturbing loneliness, even more evident in the video. A similar anxiety--coupled with alienation--from lovers, parents, friends, and self--characterizes Cindy Lauper's "Time After Time...