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...reaction is one of great gratification and pleasure," Frazier, a member of the Currier House Senior Common Room for the past three years, said yesterday. "My wife and I enjoy young people very much; that part of our interest; in the job is purely selfish," he said...
...responsible for his own well-being. Whether his claim is valid or not, he certainly is not competent to make a decision which endangers the lives of others, i.e. the park rangers and any other individuals who might have been in the woods at the time. Mr. Yates' selfish decision occupied the equipment and manpower of the park service--valuable resources which might have been needed for genuine emergencies...
...change itself is not the enemy. Our concern is twofold. We must work to dampen conflict, to maintain peace, and we must make clear that it is dangerous for outside powers to try to exploit for their own selfish benefits this inevitable turmoil...
Before Mexico struck oil, the United States could play the role of parent--an inexcusably selfish, and often negligent parent, but a parent nonetheless. The disguise, however, was too transparent and too often cast aside to conceal the raw facts of America's superior might and Mexico's dependence on the U.S. as a market for 70 per cent of its exports and as a source of foreign investment...
...THAT OF COURSE means Teddy will have to step in. Not that he wants to, mind you--Teddy has told us often enough that he has no intention of running, no selfish desire to rule America as his brothers had. After all, he expects "Jimmy Carter to be nominated, Jimmy Carter to be re-elected." But then again, if Brown beats Carter in a couple of primaries, and has the potential to win the Democratic nomination, well then, Teddy has no obligation to be loyal to Brown, and still less intention to let a Republican win if a multi-candidate...