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...ENGINE THAT COULD? Pixar and Disney hope their car-toon Cars, about a selfish race car (voiced by Owen Wilson) who learns humility, will steer fans to the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Days of Thunder | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...think so. I just…enh­...which is pretty selfish, I guess...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rivers' End | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...perspective. He warned that playing baseball in the minor leagues was really more about developing the individual than about the team-first, “win-at-all-costs” mentality that prevails at Harvard. This is not to say that my current teammates are in any way selfish or that winning is not their ultimate goal but the dugout just seems to lack that same buzz and excitement that is present when playing a Sunday doubleheader against Dartmouth with the Ivy League title on the line. In minor league baseball staying healthy and improving so that...

Author: By Frank Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BALLPARK FRANK: Every Man for Himself In Pros | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...most compelling reasons to be a good patient are selfish ones. You will get more than free drug samples if your doctor is comfortable and communicates easily with you. You'll get more of the mind that you came for, a mind working better because it's relaxed--recalling and associating freely, more receptive to small, even subliminal clues. That means better medical care. But you should try to be a good patient for unselfish reasons too. We worry about you 60 hours a week. We gave up our 20s for you. Why not show us some love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: What Makes a Good Patient? | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...vote against reform. Why? Because they feared that they would not have any chance of victory if there were three distinct, well, popularity contests in a House instead of a single ranked election. If all first-years had skipped the vote, it would have been a tie. This selfish decision has had its consequences. The lack of reform led to uninspired delegates on the Campus Life Committee, which led to poor events being organized and finally, a dissatisfaction that led to the UC’s latest bureaucratic shuffle. Last week, the campus woke up with news of the creation...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Just Be Direct | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

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