Word: selfishnesses
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...eleventh day of the eleventh month, the shooting stopped. In London, King George V celebrated by opening a bottle of brandy $ undisturbed since Waterloo. In Paris, Marcel Proust praised "the miraculous and vertiginous Peace." In Washington, President Woodrow Wilson looked for "something much better and more lasting than the selfish competitive interests of powerful states...
...July Fourth in a New Hampshire town, Henry gives us a whirlwind tour through American pop culture from pies and hot-dogs to Gremlins and Ghostbusters and "The A-Team." What all this means, he tells us, is that America in 1984 is at best individualistic and at worst selfish. These few pages of pop sociology are fine, but they are the only ones in the thousands of pages written about the 1984 election...
...believe the [neighborhood people abutting the church] have been selfish in their treatment of community residences," Panico said "They've been quiet, without opposition, as many community residences have come into their area...
...pick in pro basketball's June 18 draft. First choice meant Ewing. In a church service on the morning of the lottery, New York Knicks Executive Vice President Dave DeBusschere called for heavenly assistance. "I said some prayers," he recalled. "And then I thought, I'll be a little selfish and ask for Patrick Ewing." The prayers were answered. Now the faltering Knicks are praying that the indomitable center will lift them back to their glory days of more than ten years ago. Even if he does, Ewing will be a mixed blessing: he will probably cost upwards...
First, let me respond to Pakaluk's characterization of the event--a panel discussion followed by question and answer period itself. He attempts to portray the organizers (of which I am one) and speakers as singleminded selfish baby-killers who have no interest in discussing the complexity of the issues. He does not, of course, mention anything the speakers actually said--for example, one speaker's description of the kind of process women choosing to have an abortion go through, or another's recounting of her own shift from an anti-choice to a pro-choice position. Further, Pakaluk states...