Word: selfishnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case-aide workers are probably not altruistic, but selfish, in the sense that they are very eager to prove something about themselves. But this effort to prove themselves is also an effort to grow and should not be seen in any other light than that. It isn't really selfishness. I guess, to want to grow, but it isn't altruism. They're not going in masochistically...
...support. So last week argued Alan Pifer, president of New York's Carnegie Corporation, in a frank and chilling analysis of the nation's academic future. Speaking in Minneapolis, Pifer warned that it was high time for educators in the public and private sectors to stop their selfish factional disputes and get together to help shape new national policies on which federal funding must be based...
...actions, we galvanize other people into similar acts. There is a whole new generation of energy. It reaches not only the guys who take the step, but also their parents and friends. Let's face it, these are the sons of some powerful, influential people. For whatever selfish reasons, their parents and friends are pushed pretty far. Just like in Chester...
...problems. This pernicious and insidious form of addiction is sometimes the first step in the direction of the more potent or physically addictive drugs. Its use is not so much a symbol of dissent in order to effectuate changes in our social system, but rather a manifestation of a selfish withdrawal from society...
...presence of vested interests, however correct, raises the possibility of selfish rationalization and is a warning of the need for caution. Then too, a new definition of death, when there are those who have a vested interest in it, could lead to public questioning and doubt and an unfortunate blurring of the line between this and euthanasia...