Word: selfish
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...what's wrong with Peterson's plan for recovery-through-self-sacrifice? Because of the simple fact that he and his supporters will not have to make the sacrifices. His hypocritical plan is motivated by the selfish interests of Wall Street and is nothing more than another round of Reaganomics in disguise...
...testimony to the selfish mean-spiritedness of those unfortunately entrusted with the Harvard History Department that they have denied students the benefit of his presence even as a junior professor by refusing to renew his contract. Damon Silvers '86 Felicia Kornbluh...
...fervor with which the elderly lobby to protect their benefits seems incongruous -- and unforgivably selfish -- to younger people who see only the silvery life-style of the old rich. But the AARP campaign is born of stark realities: the persistence of nasty pockets of poverty among the aged, the threat of catastrophic illness that faces every old man and woman and, above all, the prospect of cutbacks in benefits as Washington struggles to balance its budget...
...Rhythm Method. The three of them work together on arranging the tune to fit each member of the band in the best way, he says. When writing music, Axelrod says, "We are a triangular nucleus. We are each interdependent on each other. You have to be selfless rather than selfish...
...older man was the innocent: "What seems to characterize all Wilde's affairs is that he got to know the boys as individuals, treated them handsomely, allowed them to refuse his attentions without becoming rancorous, and did not corrupt them. They were already prostitutes." That Wilde was careless, selfish and inconsiderate toward his faithful wife and his children is beyond dispute. But he did not deserve being caught and crushed in a murderous struggle between Bosie and his lunatic father. "The impression that has been given of Queensberry is that he was a simple brute," Ellmann writes, and adds, sounding...