Word: selfishly
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Tekla is a selfish woman who wants to have her way, to be flattered, to flirt, but never to admit that anything is her fault; a vulgar coquette who must be assured of her charm and virtue. Miss Allen is that exactly. She is infuriating. She radiates stupidity and sick sexuality She justifies every relationship, every line, in the play...
...birth." She submits to sterilization at her husband's urging, only to learn that he has got another woman with child. Her pumpkin shell bursts. Alienated from husband, family and self, she flees into a brief affair, at last learns to accept her husband as flawed, faithless, tender, selfish and, for her, inevitable...
...monopoly of collective bargaining by national unions and employer organizations stands in the way of better co-operation, Romney said. "The customer is being shortchanged" through the selfish interplay of the national groups, he claimed...
...Democrats and Republicans began sniping at each other and the campaign heated up, even the French got interested. "One gets the impression it stimulates sluggish livers," said a Paris editor. "I think we should be allowed to campaign and vote for the American President too. You are selfish not to share the pleasure...
...front-page advertisement in last week's Cambridge Chronicle, Dietz appealed for help to everyone who has "ever felt threatened and abused by selfish actions of an inconsiderate neighbor." The part-owner of a building on the corner of Palmer and Church streets charged that the two-story Coop bridge would "ruin" Palmer...