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...Richard Leakey, the world-famous paleontologist who heads Kenya's wildlife department. Says he:"The elephant has been around a long time and has given such pleasure to so many and has the potential to give such pleasure to so many more. Should we allow it, through our inaction, greed and perhaps cowardice, to become an exotic on this continent? If not, how do we prevent...
...This mass, non-racial picnic reminds us who we are, that we are God's family. It is human selfishness and greed that makes beaches for whites only," the Rev. David Vika of the interdenominational Ministers Association said at a prayer service after the sign was posted in the sand...
...Marty Russo (D-III.) called it "outright, disgusting greed...
There is a nice irony in Brecht's ferocious parable of capitalist greed playing in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, that pillared temple of capitalist philanthropy. The parable itself, though, is rather silly. Brecht was a brilliant playwright and poet, but his ideas were pure Stalin-era blustering. As a viewer sits watching the hero Jimmy get executed for having been unable to pay his bar bill, he can only marvel at the gorgeous music Weill provided for this nonsense...
Golenbock sees Personal Fouls as a quintessentially American tale of innocence, greed and power abuse. He offers two plans for revamping collegiate athletics--one cynical, one idealistic...