Word: greed
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...this in the face of rampant corruption and greed. Last year, Nigerian senators spent much of their time gaining access to government coffers to buy furniture for their state-bought private homes. Senators ignored an approved cap of $35,000 and took $50,000 - all of it in cash. The third most-senior member of the government was just impeached for pocketing $350,000 for his furniture - and a $200,000 holiday bonus...
...Where does this leave Gore? Last week the "own man" veep stuck out his chin on campaign finance reform and placed a big bet with independents that some sort of association with McCain's magic name will overcome Gore's own reputation for unrelenting greed in the pursuit of election funds. Republicans call that hypocrisy; Gore will try to sell it as part of his substance-over-style package: Never mind the past, here's what I'm going...
...advancement and future exploitation of genetic sequencing should be carried out on a purely not-for-profit basis, so the discovery can benefit the largest number of people. It's a chance to prove we can overcome a most basic and destructive human flaw: greed. JIMMY YEW Singapore...
...raise questions of free speech in reverse of the normal journalistic rhetoric. There is protected speech and unprotected speech. You can't cry "Fire" in a movie theater, because it is a lie and endangers lives; neither should a pornographer be able to spread their woman-hating, demoralizing, greed-based message uncontained around the Internet. Radical gays should not be allowed to spread their malicious, hate-based lies about Dr. Laura, unquestioned by the liberal media. In the name of tolerance, radical gays have turned out to be the most hateful, intolerant group of all. The problem with the liberal...
...landowners, it's a question of pragmatism, not greed, she says...