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...brother Michael Cato, 19, with murdering the Desert Storm vet. Reportedly, the motive was to obtain the payoff from Riggs' life-insurance policies. "I'm not shocked," said Anthony's mother Lessie Riggs. "It's something I suspected from the first. I always knew ((Toni)) was selfish. She wanted money without having to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DETROIT: Homicidal Homecoming | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

...short and selfish annals of the nouveau rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Birth and -- Maybe -- Death of Yuppiedom | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

Later, while answering a question on why Americans elected a conservative president but a largely liberal congress, Kesler said the Republicans could not beat the Democrats because of the Democratic ideology. He argued that the rational choice for human beings is the selfish choice. Hence, by choosing a conservative president, the people make sure that they will have a president who is stingy on taxes and a Congress that is lavish in its spending, Kesler said...

Author: By Paveljit S. Bindra, | Title: Speaker Seeks Faith, Reason | 3/13/1991 | See Source »

...Kerrigan] made a point, and now she should take it down," Jonas said. "[The offending symbols] cause so much frustration and take so much time from the administration and students. This is selfish...

Author: By Sean L. Presant, | Title: Masters Discuss Flags, Speech | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

...hope that Harvard will not choose as its president someone so ready to use the very selfish argument 'not in my backyard,'" wrote John Bassett '60 in a letter to the committee...

Author: By Philip P. Pan and Maggie S. Tucker, S | Title: ...And Then There Were Eight | 2/28/1991 | See Source »

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