Word: selfishness
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...extended incarceration to think about the severe consequences of his crimes. He should reflect that the tragedy in this case is, of course, not that the American justice system has dashed his glittering geological career, but that a young man has had his innocence stolen by a sinister and selfish pedophile...
...Wait for silent pictures? It's so depressing. You have suicidal impulses. But eventually you realize that depression also comes from too much self-awareness, that you have to reach out and think of others and help other people. If you do that, really, it's almost selfish, because it makes you feel good. It relieves a certain amount of your own problem--not all, of course, but a certain amount...
...really matters is that a good proposal is getting off the ground. Sept. 11 unleashed a flood of civic emotions, as each of us was forced to consider whether we would have been brave enough to stay behind to help an injured colleague. The first chance to turn the Selfish Generation into something more like the Greatest Generation was missed last fall when Bush urged us to return to normality--at the mall, the cineplex and Disneyland. With the unveiling of Freedom Corps, the President has a second chance to tap that well of compassion and finally get last year...
...best part about it was that it wasn’t in a selfish way at all. Harvard was dominating again, and they each just wanted a touch to become part...
Summers was excoriated when as Deputy Secretary he slipped up and said that those favoring a repeal of the estate tax were selfish. A strong push for new regulation on corporate tax shelters went against the hopes of the business community. And as a chief architect of the administration’s 1995 bailout Mexico’s failing economy, Summers was often a lightening rod for criticism...