Word: selfishness
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...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...
...adult world—here personified by Val’s cold-hearted and selfish parents—ultimately encroaches on their project...
...stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your own imprint on the play,” he explains.With “Pelican”—a drama about the devastation wrought by a selfish mother on her children—Dorin has been able to exercise much greater directorial creativity. “The appeal of “Pelican” was that I have had much more freedom to play with the text, rearrange the structure, create the mood as I see fit?...
...stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your own imprint on the play,” he explains. With “Pelican”—a drama about the devastation wrought by a selfish mother on her children—Dorin has been able to exercise much greater directorial creativity. “The appeal of “Pelican” was that I have had much more freedom to play with the text, rearrange the structure, create the mood as I see fit?...