Word: greeds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Selling was the last thing on the mind of many of the triumphant bidders. Still, how long can even the euphoria of possession last? Louise Grunwald, a Manhattan friend of Jackie's, questions the motives of the eager buyers: "Some of it's got to be greed. Or is it to show your grandchild in 20 years, 'Look what I bought!'? But in 20 years that grandchild is not going to know who Jackie Kennedy...
...with the idea of an estate sale, and I suspect she had a few thoughts on it before she died. It was brilliant to set the prices so low on everything. That way, everybody felt he or she could afford something. No one could accuse the Kennedy kids of greed, as it seemed rather generous of them to offer Dad's humidor for only a couple of thousand dollars. Then when it went for $574,500, it was like an enormous compliment to the Kennedy family: "We like you! We really like you!" And the kids could shyly say, "Thanks...
...look inside a computer's brain by someone who knows how to do surgery on a person's thinking process. In order to think, computers will need emotion; they will need to feel pain. Thinking is imagination; it is discipline, kindness and love. It is also greed and hatred. Thinking is human. It is logical and illogical at the same time. Thinking is individual. Computers can be made to achieve a goal, but that goal needs to be created by man. Can a computer be an individual? Can a computer be human? I would not have thought that humans...
...with interest the article by Steve Wulf on women in the boxing ring [SPORT, April 1]. The fact that women are making their mark as professional fighters should not be construed as a step forward for them. Boxing embodies those elements of society that we should deplore: violence and greed. Can boxing now become a legitimate sport because two women have made the "big time"? I think not! KEN CAMPBELL Winnipeg, Canada...
STEWART'S METICULOUS RESEARCH IS overwhelming, incontrovertible and utterly damning. President and Mrs. Clinton, far from being innocent bystanders during the decade of greed, were active and willing participants. CLIFTON WELLMAN Seabury, New York