Word: selfishnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill must satisfy a cost-benefits formula established by the Army Corps of Engineers). His hackles rise at any suggestion that his subcommittee ever approves a boondoggle: "Name one project that won't stand the acid," he challenges. Kirwan views his work as nation building. "Unfortunately, men are selfish, they are just interested in taking care of themselves," he says. "We had better wake up and do what is necessary to preserve, protect and develop America...
...Communism in China: "I place blame squarely upon the selfish elite in China who did nothing to make the peasant's life more tolerable...
...Hamilton should be warned that he may not be welcomed exclusively by souls like us, imbued with the spirit of human kindness. In the event of a hegira from his high-ceilinged mansion to this land of canvas canopies, we would ask him in his magnanimity to overlook the selfish taunts of privates earning $83.30 base pay per month with wife and children back in the States. I trust he'll excuse these impetuous youths for not understanding modern patriotism. Our best to Mr. Namath also...
...your cover story on the draft [June 3] with distaste. Like it or not, we are deeply committed in Viet Nam, and the armed forces need men -especially leadership potential-to fulfill this commitment. If Mr. Wilson and others like him would spend less time endeavoring to support their selfish motives, and more time reflecting on their obligations to the country that provided their education, perhaps the enemy would be less encouraged in their continuing aggression. Perhaps if Mr. Wilson et al. would face up to these obligations, they might discover that the training gained in the service would make...
...playing an interior decorator who is more beautiful than most, and more manly too. Anouk's boldest designs are reserved for Giovanna Ralli, a newer exotic, who smartly assumes the attitudes of a neurotic young matron beset by conventional woes. Her parents are a wretchedly selfish pair; she cannot concentrate on raising her young son; and her physicist husband is so preoccupied with the mysteries of nuclear fission that he seldom wonders what his wife thinks. Giovanna consults an analyst and discovers that she thinks mostly about Anouk...