Word: selfishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rates have actually plateaued, the siren song of personal liberation sounds as sweet as ever. Pollitt is contemptuous of the notion. She says, "The picture is that people are going along married and in a state of, if not ecstasy, then reasonable content. And then somebody decides to be selfish, frivolous and pleasure seeking...
...lawyer, Robert Gasper, said in court that Ocon was "selfish" and that she could easily attend a well-regarded college at home, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times...
...because women can have babies past their prime, just like men, does it mean they should abuse the privilege, just like men? Why not adopt an older child? Isn't having a baby so late selfish--especially if both are codgers--robbing a child of parents who can toss a ball and chaperone the camping trip...
Sadly, adoption is often not an option; past menopause, it's more difficult than learning how to program a VCR. And 9 out of 10 reasons for having a child have always been selfish--from having an extra farmhand, to all my friends are having kids, to I'm bored with wine tours of Provence. The older the parents, the more serious the decision. What an older mother loses to lower back pain, she gains in serenity and perspective. Only the most determined women, like the Italian mother who gave birth at 62 after her only son was killed...
...Heaven's Gate members were selfish; they cared only about themselves and not about their families and the people who loved them. But even so, I feel sorry for them. Applewhite wanted to manipulate people and make them do things for him through pity. He told his followers to reject their families because he wanted total control over their hearts, minds and eventually their souls. What scares me most is the fact that there are more Marshall Herff Applewhites out there. What are we doing about it? ISABELLE WEERAWARDENA, age 17 Yakkala, Sri Lanka...