Word: selfishnesses
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Along with these selfish tendencies toward evasion, a yearning exists for the good old days when, supposedly, people knew what was expected and did it. Yet many agree with Martin Marty, who says, "I don't think there ever were any good old days" in the sense of a more moral America. As the Rev. McMillan puts it, "I don't know when these good old days were when they talk about morality in Mississippi. There was a lot of teenage pregnancy back then, but it was black girls being impregnated by white men. Black people were being lynched...
...series of speeches laying out his principal themes, emphasized similar points, even at the risk of seeming disloyal to fellow Reaganauts. "Our own Administration has been the victim of individuals who haven't had the judgment or integrity to put the public's business above their own selfish interest," he told students at Albion College. "Greed is not a legitimate force in this society...
...wrong, and she is often portrayed as preposterously silly and stupid. In creating such a selfish, flawed heroine, Johnson took a calculated risk: readers might not be able to see themselves and their prejudices through Chloe and make the appropriate adjustments toward the truth. The enterprise will leave some unsatisfied. Persian Nights is neither a bodice ripper nor a + treatise on the Iranian revolution, but an intriguing compromise: an attempt to show major upheavals as a progress of small shocks...
...Lane's a great team player," said Lowell MacDonald, a three-time NHL All-Star who happens to be Lane's father. "At no time have I ever seen him be selfish, not when I coached him, nor when I've watched him. That to me is more important than what he accomplishes individually...
...Theater). Probably the most famous film of all time, Casablanca actually has an illogical and melodramatic plot, centering around a cynical American (Humphrey Bogart) who runs into an old flame (Ingrid Bergman) from his days in Paris. Under the influence of the striking young woman, Rick progresses from a selfish and apolitical bar-owner to a member of the French resistance against the Nazis. Though lacking the chemistry of Bogart and Bacall, Bogie and Bergman turn this rickety plot into a timeless film about sacrificing personal interest for one's ideals. When Dewitt first saw this film, shortly after...