Word: selfishness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This selfish British mercantilism has been remarkably effective in protecting and promoting British manufacturing. British exports to the Colonies have multiplied twelvefold since the beginning of this century, from £344 thousand to £4.2 million in the peak year of 1771, while American exports only tripled, to £1.3 million. The actual trade deficit with England was running at an annual rate of £1.6 million in the first half of this decade. And the American dependence was real enough, with Britain and its West Indian colonies taking most of colonial exports?tobacco, flour, fish, rice, indigo, in that...
...Those who love Nicholson will walk away angry because the middle-aged rebel has been strait-jacketed and glucosized into some lousy love story. The only palatable thing about his playing straight man is whom he's playing straight man to. Brando is just incredibly funny, careless, silly and selfish. He's like a drunk, bored, witty King at a State Dinner: everybody's genuflecting all over the place and he couldn't care less. He's rude, oblivious and endearing. Like the days when he was in the "Brando's-finished-and-nobody-screwed-him-but-himself" stage...
...about her, and she had the concerned attention of parents and friends, especially male friends. She says, "You're attracted to men who will take care of you. Once they respond sexually, you find that hateful because they're intruding upon your freedom, so you run. It's very selfish--they want something but you don't want to give anything. It's a way of protecting myself--I've always found work very important. This lets me shut myself up and work and work and work...
...think I may emerge less selfish and cocksure than when I went in and with greater understanding of the troubles of others...
...above Brayton in the hierarchy fold up. Slack just hopes Brayton in the hierarchy fold up. Slack just hopes Brayton doesn't get depressed about it, because "he's not so old for how well he's doing in the organization." So who can say? "It's sort of selfish," says the coach. "It's not what he wants, but what we need. If we have a space...