Word: selfishnesses
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...stand Lorena insisted rape had driven her to rage. But on June 23, she had told the police in stilted English, "He always have orgasm, and he doesn't wait for me to have orgasm. He's selfish." John's defense attorney Gregory Murphy noted, "That doesn't sound like the statement of a woman who has been raped." Lorena also claimed that John tore off her underpants; one expert said the 8-inch tear in the undergarment indicated the use of force, and another countered that the rip had been start ed with scissors. The jury noted that Lorena...
...also of the original ban. If this strategy persists and succeeds, Clinton will have won judicial sanction for the old policy. Clearly, there is much more opportunity for gain than loss in allowing Hatter's ruling to stand, even if it means risking Sam Nunn's bigoted and selfish wrath...
...over the heads" of Congress and directly to the people. He cultivated so much popular support for his agenda that legislators feared they would be punished at the polls if they opposed him. In short, Reagan negotiated with members of Congress in the language they understand best--the selfish and survivalist language of re-election...
Rudnick lives alone, he says, "because I'm horribly selfish. And when a writer is half of a couple, he gets to be the tormented artiste, and the other has to be endlessly forgiving and supportive. I wouldn't push that on anyone. Mind you, I would welcome a relationship with open arms and clean sheets." But he hasn't set his sights on some mythical Mr. Right. "I think it's so much better to see what happens. One of the wonderful things about love is that it's unpredictable. It doesn't involve a quiz or entrance exam...
During the recent conservative era in America, circa 1980-1992, liberals were often accused of hoping for things to go badly. There was some justice in this accusation. As conservatives are now discovering, the psychology of political opposition is complicated. Of course, for reasons both patriotic and selfish, you don't want calamity to befall the United States of America. On the other hand, it is hard not to relish a certain gloomy anticipation of seeing your predictions of doom come true. And as a practical matter, bad times are the + usual way the out-of-power side gets back...