Word: selfishnesses
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...view this group and its leaders are profoundly irresponsible and selfish. The proposed garage site, which is already owned by the town, is well screened from nearby houses, can be made environmentally safe, and is in an area with few other town facilities. The garage site was designated as such by the Selectmen and a large majority of the Town Meeting. Further, the present garage is in every way inadequate: it is too old, too small, located in a dense residential neighborhood with no room for expansion, and poses a potential fire and environmental threat, and a real health hazard...
...have never met Dr. Leder, but I hope that Harvard will not choose as its president someone so ready to use the very selfish argument, "not in my backyard." John Bassett...
...troublemaker in the person of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. runs the real risk of seeing others take his place. To whatever extent it may seem irrational to Western minds, Saddam has made himself a hero to many Arabs by confronting the West and Israel -- no matter how corrupt and selfish his motives. Thus smiting the Iraqi leader could make him a martyr and fertilize the ground for his successors, who would do their best to thwart U.S. interests in the region...
...have included the defense of a principle larger and nobler than its own self- interest. "What we demand," said Woodrow Wilson in 1918, "is that the world be made fit and safe to live in." Safety meant the protection of all nations, not just the U.S., "against force and selfish aggression...
Presented with a choice that makes them appear either selfish or selfless, many "silence" their distinctive voice. They become less confident and more tentative in offering their opinions -- a trait that often persists into adulthood. "We start to hear the breathy voice," says Gilligan. "After a while, they speak in a way that's disconnected from how they are really feeling." Speech becomes punctuated with passive "I don't knows." Consider Anna. At age 12, the insidious words cropped up only 21 times during an interview. By age 14, they numbered...