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...took his family for granted, Cosby says, and this attitude led to "selfish behavior" that he will not describe, except to say that it was particularly hurtful to his wife. Speaking cautiously in the second person, with uncharacteristic somberness, he says, "When you're younger, you want to be sure that by the time you're 80 years old you can sit on the bench and look back and say, 'Man, I did it all. I didn't miss a thing.' What you never meant to do was to hurt anyone, but then you see the look on the face...
...schools, housing and National Health Service better. Thatcher, for example, defended private health coverage as "absolutely vital," so that she could go to the hospital "at the time I want and with the doctor I want." Michael Meacher, Labor's chief health spokesman, called that a "callous, inhumane and selfish" stance...
...colleges and universities recently have concentrated their efforts in Washington on financial matters, with lobbyists going to Capitol Hill to plead for everything from student financial aid to scientific research to tax exemptions. They have adopted lobbying techniques pioneered by selfish special interests, although such tactics are understandable in light of the Reagan Administration's hostility...
...angry, defiant man. Having endured the shallow Reagan Administration, I do not believe the nation can afford another political debacle in 1988. So I am angry that Hart would take the Democratic presidential nomination so lightly. I defy him to convince me that his behavior was not selfish and stupid...
...World loans) and Manufacturers Hanover ($7.5 billion), to agonize over whether to match it. Not all the big banks are in the same relatively good shape as Citicorp, and thus they are less able to take such action. Says one top New York City banker: "Reed is being really selfish. The stakes are much higher than the future of a single bank." Reed felt sensitive enough to the issue that he called BankAmerica Chairman A.W. ("Tom") Clausen and Manufacturers Hanover Chairman John McGillicuddy last week to inform them in advance of his action...