Word: greed
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...THOSE YEARS, we lost the meaning of we, of you", Adrienne Rich writes in one of her recent poems. Chararterizing the past decade, Rich joins the chorus of those for whom the 1980s became a symbol of indifference, a time for selfishness, an era of greed. This perception has now gained wide acceptance and expression-even to the point of redundancy and triviality...
...must reject the decade of the 1980s as one of greed and self-centeredness, where the rich got richer, the poor got poorer and the middle class got squeezed out even more," he said. "We have deepseated economic problems in this country...
Oran said he had used "poor judgment" in making his offer. But he added that he hoped the incident had highlighted some problems with graduate students' financial support. "Clearly this was done out of need, not greed," he said...
...lies and self-delusion, inflated claims, greed and chart errors were the common currency of exploration. Columbus' mistakes, for instance, were no worse than those of the 16th century navigators who blundered out into the Pacific in search of gold and terra australis, the antipodal continent. And unlike others, Columbus got across the Atlantic and found something -- not Asia, but something -- in the West...
...they fit with such skill and comfort. They were well fed and well housed, without poverty or serious disease. They enjoyed considerable leisure, given over to dancing, singing, ballgames, and sex, and expressed themselves artistically in basketry, woodworking, pottery, and jewelry. They lived in general harmony and peace, without greed or covetousness or theft...