Word: selfishness
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...perspective. He warned that playing baseball in the minor leagues was really more about developing the individual than about the team-first, “win-at-all-costs” mentality that prevails at Harvard. This is not to say that my current teammates are in any way selfish or that winning is not their ultimate goal but the dugout just seems to lack that same buzz and excitement that is present when playing a Sunday doubleheader against Dartmouth with the Ivy League title on the line. In minor league baseball staying healthy and improving so that...
...most compelling reasons to be a good patient are selfish ones. You will get more than free drug samples if your doctor is comfortable and communicates easily with you. You'll get more of the mind that you came for, a mind working better because it's relaxed--recalling and associating freely, more receptive to small, even subliminal clues. That means better medical care. But you should try to be a good patient for unselfish reasons too. We worry about you 60 hours a week. We gave up our 20s for you. Why not show us some love...
...vote against reform. Why? Because they feared that they would not have any chance of victory if there were three distinct, well, popularity contests in a House instead of a single ranked election. If all first-years had skipped the vote, it would have been a tie. This selfish decision has had its consequences. The lack of reform led to uninspired delegates on the Campus Life Committee, which led to poor events being organized and finally, a dissatisfaction that led to the UC’s latest bureaucratic shuffle. Last week, the campus woke up with news of the creation...
...property—which houses the only residents directly in the way of Harvard’s campus plans—have been circulating for years, generating a sense of inevitability about encroachment into the area. Described alternately as “spoiled” and “selfish,” the University’s greed—“they just seem to want everything” is a common refrain—appears to the residents to be a natural outgrowth of its wealth, an estimated $26 billion last year...
...creditors. (Where the money goes will surely end up in litigation.) It would have been a near impossible suicide, but perhaps Kissel arranged his own hit? "If he did, it's the most incredibly unselfish thing that anybody could do," William Kissel told the Times. After so many selfish years, it would be a sort of noble ending for Andrew Kissel...