Word: selfish
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...typology, a country can be a friend one day and an Other the next. It all depends on what difference it makes--on what the impact on American interests will be. Bush's pragmatism is the Janus-face of post-Cold War imperialism. Without overriding ideological goals to defend, selfish interests take on primary importance...
...editorial board ("Is Harvard Really Innocent?" October 10) expressed its disgust with the University's legacy admissions policy. As leaders of campus minority organizations, we find The Crimson's characterization of this controversy as a minority issue inappropriate. Also, the portrayal of minority students as embracing legacy admissions for selfish reasons is insensitive and uninformed...
...When you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected...
Saddam's wisespread appeal to the Arab masses isn't limited to his his threat to wipe out Israel with poison gas; he is enormously popular for his thuggery against the rich and selfish Arab patricians of Kuwait...
Hatch has a more manageable role as Al, a selfish and insecure racist. Hatch has a talent for movements and mannerism that is wonderfully showcased here. He avoids the easy and flat characterization, and his fits of passion are full and believable...