Word: greed
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...athletic glories of the year were all but buried by news from beyond the bleachers. Performance-enhancing drugs tarred the Sydney Olympics; free-agent baseball player Alex Rodriguez became the poster boy for greed when he reportedly demanded private jets and personal flacks in negotiations with the New York Mets; pro-basketball star Allen Iverson was called on the carpet by the NBA commissioner for misogynist imagery in his new hip-hop release; and football player Rae Carruth faced a real rap: he's on trial for ordering the murder of his girlfriend. For all the murk, some splendid performances...
...staggering cost overrun has forced the resignation of house speaker Jeff Groscost and prompted a criminal probe by state attorney general Janet Napolitano. She cautions, however, that "stupidity, incompetence and greed are not violations...
...exclusive $1.4 million deal with OK! Magazine to publish the official wedding photos, knowing full well that every other tabloid would run unauthorized pictures anyway. "I wanted to avoid a media circus," he insisted, but with hundreds of paparazzi barricaded outside the Plaza, it looked awfully like plain greed. Moreover, instead of accepting gifts, the couple requested "donations" into their four-month old son's trust fund. Well, they didn't call it a trust -they used the euphemism, "giving fund" to describe the multi-million dollar account that young Dylan can open up in 21 years to make contributions...
...sport's new poster boy for greed, and while Boras might claim that this is unfair because everyone is grabbing, he's wrong. Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox is certainly the best pitcher in the game. The Red Sox are presently engaged in a bidding war for free agent Mike Mussina, surely one of the 25 or 30 best pitchers in the game. Mussina will eventually be paid about $15 million per year--more than Martinez. And so sportswriters ran to Pedro last week anticipating a column's worth of Latin temper. What they got was this: Sign...
...ouster of Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic [WORLD, Oct. 16] was a triumph of justice over greed and deception. There could never be adequate punishment in any court for Milosevic. But his defeat is proof that when people unite, energy is released that conquers evil. CHITRA AMARNATH New Delhi...