Word: selfishnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...radcials also to defend 2-S. After all, as Brecht says: When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming. And shouldn't revolutionaries act just like the exploiting class they would, allegedly, overthrow? Let us not act in the interest of the collective! Selfish opportunism is what capitalism trains people to expect. Don't scare the j"spoon fed" masses with some newfangled morality...
...supposed to adhere, Shanker said, is actually militarism. "Obey the principal and shut up. That's professional," he quipped. In addition, it has always been considered unprofessional to come to the bargaining table frankly concerned about an increase in teacher salaries. "Teachers have the right to be as selfish as any other group in our society. This doesn't conflict with the idea of public service...
...birth control and were not evading the demands of responsible parenthood. By this standard, which is close to present-day Protestant moral teaching, the reason for practicing birth control, rather than the means, would become the key point: a couple who used rhythm to avoid having a child for selfish reasons might be judged guilty...
...that will surprise Frost's idolators. Thompson shows that there was very little in Frost's style that was spontaneous; he had to whittle laboriously at his poetry to achieve his roughhewn colloquial effects. Even more interesting is the author's picture of Frost as a selfish, baffling, perverse and tormented soul, systematically creating a public image of a kindly, -home-spun and uncomplicated grandfather...
...members of the Committee are not protecting a selfish interest by wishing to limit freedom of the press. The eleven members include three former ABA presidents, two law school deans, two former U.S. attorney generals, and a Supreme Court justice. A wild, wide-roaming press probably exposes more criminals than a press limited by their proposals; the former would be more in their inter- est when they serve as criminal prosecutors...