Word: selfishly
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...both write vividly of being outcasts from a rock-ribbed social structure that bestowed status upon athletes and club-members alone. Spock overcame his loneliness by becoming a hard-working crew star (and eventually feels guilty that the chief pursuit of his college years has been the selfish one of improving his social standing...
...reflect society's perverse values. Why condemn the coach when he's merely trying to do what all the alums, students and other fans want, no less expect--to win? So come caution is in order in prescribing solutions. So is some skepticism: just try to get 80 fractious, selfish schools to agree on some sort of course of action...
...response to Letter Writer Ilene Matthews [Aug. 16], who "refuses to feel responsible" for the Haitian refugees: these people have come to the U.S. to escape poverty and starvation. Refusing them entry is selfish and racist. We have a moral responsibility to anyone fleeing from such terrible conditions...
Jamie Hanes, as Bernick portrays a wonderfully harried community leader. He is a real caught in a maze of his own design, constantly spouting maxims and proclaiming his own worth. Hanes transforms the genuinely nasty and selfish fellow into one worthy of sympathy by conveying poor Bernick's fear as his fabricated morality collapses...
...potential recruits away. Emily Anne Smith, the second female designer-builder in Atlanta's history, recalls, "When the women's movement came along, I was involved in what I wanted for me. Then, when I did meet with NOW, I was put down. They told me I was selfish." Her friend Flo Bruns, who helped found Atlanta's high-powered Women Business Owners club (because "I didn't want to talk business to a man. My experience is he is going to patronize me") had a similar experience. "I walked into a NOW meeting wearing a business suit and ready...