Word: self-interest
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...There's an element of altruism, but I don't mind admitting that it's very much in Harvard's institutional self-interest to be doing things like this, because there's a very direct connection between the health of the University and the condition of our cities," said Vice President of Government, Community, and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan. "Certainly we hope there will be short and long-term benefits to being involved...
...governments of the Ivy League, broadens the scope of connection between our universities, reaching beyond athletic and academic competition. The Ivy Council nurtures mutually beneficial relationships between our student governments. Collaborating on those tasks that are greater than any single student government is more than the pursuit of enlightened self-interest--it is the construction of an Ivy community...
...Self-interest is a big obstacle. These states have their own heads, armies, flags. It is not easy for them to sacrifice all that for the sake of the continent as a whole. I can't say tomorrow that we will have effective unity. It takes time. But we have to start...
Returning to McCain's goal of "inspiring a generation of young people to do things not in their self-interest," Davis told the audience that is was "incumbent upon you to take this message out to others...
...international opprobrium doesn't prod Europe to throw open its doors, there are signs that economic self-interest will. Last November the European Commission declared that "there is a growing recognition that the 'zero' immigration policies of the last 30 years are no longer appropriate." Germany announced plans last March to admit 20,000 foreign computer experts over the next three years, and Chancellor Gerhard Schrsder is pushing to expand this green-card initiative to workers in other sectors. Ireland has loosened immigration requirements for non-E.U. workers in technology, nursing and construction. Even Italy's government has introduced...