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During this time, Wu Hung began to believe in Marxism. For him, its appeal lay in seeing beyond the personal concerns of the individual. He recalls, "I criticised myself. I thought my interest in Western art was selfish. It wasn't really very mature thinking and I realized when I got out what an illusion...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: The Fine Arts of Calligraphy and Counterrevolution | 11/20/1986 | See Source »

...Fleischmann's margarine) from Omnicom and $96 million from Saatchi & Saatchi/Ted Bates. Declared RJR Nabisco Chairman J. Tylee Wilson, speaking at an advertising convention two weeks ago in Virginia: "The wave of mergers has benefited the shareholders and managements of the agencies, but I'm the client. I'm selfish. Show me how the mergers will improve service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Not-So-Jolly Advertising Giants | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...first politician I've worked for who can speak to the baby-boom generation on down." He said he hoped Kennedy would be able to inspire the young to political action, since the current crop of aspiring politicians "is like the Revenge of the Nerds"--an ambitious but selfish collection of "high-school debate team captains...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: 8th Congressional District Gives Kennedy a Landslide Victory | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

...threat to the university's priorities of "truth and learning" by our participation in ROTC. However, we do take offense in the implication that service to country is less valuable than service to the university. Truth, learning and service to country can each be components of selfish pursuits as well as selfless ones. But unique to the idea of service to country is the desire to place the needs of our society above our own interests. Those who benefit do so regardless of race, color, religion or sexual preference. Brian C. Harrington '87 and 13 other students in Harvard ROTC

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC & AIDS | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...Gilchrist's stories, there aren't any good ones. The relationships falter and die because of the men who are narrow-minded like Rhoda's father, or selfish like the married man in "Anna, Part I" or downright violent like the Lebanese immigrant in "The Emancipator" and the Black husband in "Memphis...

Author: By Lyn F. Di lorio, | Title: An American Genre | 10/15/1986 | See Source »

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