Word: greed
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...Rapp script dawdles through predictable Southern Gothic plot twists that a real writer like Beth Henley would use to showcase memorably bent characters. Rapp's idea of character comedy is to have the movie's villain literally caught with her hand in the cookie jar. This little essay on greed and blurred bloodlines is another footnote to an Altman career that is fast becoming all footnotes...
...delighted to be honored with this award," said Hochschild, who spent three years researching and writing his book King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, published by Houghton Miffin in the fall...
...People will do it out of human goodness or out of greed, thinking maybe they will get some of the money," he said...
...meltdown of a once hopeful alliance that united four African nations--Uganda, Angola, Rwanda and Burundi--with the promise of establishing a stable, democratic Congo. But the alliance, formed in 1996 to speed the ouster of longtime Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko, was split almost instantly by self-interest, greed and ambition. Laurent Kabila, the onetime Congolese rebel installed at the head of the new Congo government, is fighting against three of his ex-allies--Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi--in a desperate war to preserve his rule. The fighting has bled across Congo's border with Angola, and with last...
...three years ago, 750 students assembled in front of University Hall for a rally. Speaking from a platform erected in front of the John Harvard statue, professors, community leaders and student leaders addressed an excited crowd, which waved signs like "Harvard: Hands Off PBH!" and "Student Need, Not Harvard Greed." Students filled most of the Old Yard, and there was a strong sense of presence and solidarity. Moreover, there was a clear purpose: to retain student control of public service programs and Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) in particular...