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...explosion site, the arrival of a police patrol finally signaled that it was safe to approach the three wounded men. Even then some people in the crowd were motivated not by sympathy but by greed: they tried to steal money from Abu Karam's pockets. "I was shocked when I saw some policemen taking money and new clothes from the damaged cars," says Hasan. But the crowd also included some selfless Iraqis who decided to take the injured men to Yarmouk rather than wait for ambulances to wind their way through the gridlocked traffic...
...what did I gain from my “Ivory Tower” marathon? Not much, really, other than some utterly useless opinions on the virtues of certain casting decisions and more attachments to fictional characters. And apparently Harvard’s full of lust, greed, treachery, lies, and deceit. But who doesn’t know that anyway...
...human tragedy.” With careful attention to detail, “Enron” documents the stories of the fresh young traders corrupted by the system, the trusting investors fleeced for all they were worth, and the executives possessed of a seemingly bottomless greed...
...leadership has overstepped its boundaries. Politically, the conservative establishment is very vulnerable. They will not, however, be defeated if liberal inaction continues to force Americans to choose between having their faith respected by their political leaders and having a society that reflects the needs of the many, not the greed...
...Veteran green campaigners have been surprised by the speed with which banks have embraced change. "I think that many activists may have assumed that bankers were priests of the Church of Greed," says Steve Kretzmann, director of Oil Change, a Washington group that specializes in tracking project finance. "But many bank representatives have a sophisticated and advanced sense of the environmental, social and reputational risks...