Word: selfishnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nevertheless, when he was assassinated last June in Los Angeles, Bobby Kennedy was the idol of the poor and the deprived, worshiped by blacks, Mexican-Americans and Indians. Cynics were never able to reconcile this devotion. They believed that Kennedy exploited the poor for selfish political purposes. In fact, R.F.K. did many things for political reasons, and his initial interest in the poor may have been in part politically motivated...
...Connor said that he himself first became interested in seeking sanctuary after attending B.U.'s Marsh Chapel last October during the vigil for AWOL Army private Ray Kroll. He had gone AWOL last spring for 50 days "purely for selfish reasons--just to get out of it myself...
...raiser. Calling the first press conference in the bank's 108-year history, President Eugene H. Adams declared that "We are very mad about this situation." Next day First National further vented its anger by placing full-page newspaper ads to denounce what it described as a "blatant, selfish attempt of a part-time Coloradan turned New York Wall Street raider to take over...
...theme these days-national unity. "However strong, however prosperous, however just its purposes or noble its cause," he told a dinner of Cook County Democrats, "no nation can long endure when citizen is turned against citizen, cause against cause, section against section, generation against generation by the mean and selfish spirit of partisanship...
...Enough! Don't you think it time you end your attack on Robert Kennedy? He has proved himself an excellent statesman, leader and politician through his own doing and actions in the Senate. Many say he is a selfish opportunist. I ask you, why should he not take advantage of the conditions within the Democratic Party and the nation? Who do you suppose gave the national emphasis to such causes as opposing the war, the racial problem and the neglected rights of minority groups? I contend that R.F.K. opened the path for others to follow-Eugene McCarthy being...