Word: selfishnesses
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...Selfish media heroes and television violence are the causes of the country's crime problem, Curtis Sliwa, 22-year-old founder and leader of the Guardian Angels, said last night in a panel discussion at the Kennedy School of Government...
...humanity, and with whom we attempt to carve a moral niche in the rotting bark of 20th-century civilization. Nicholson's important films involve religion of the self; he acts as he sees fit, spiting society, family, and his hollow "responsibilities" to each. Their characters are not merely selfish--they seek fun, truth, and escape from inhuman constrictions. What was once vice is now virtue, as long as one is animal enough to adhere to his cause...
...family, the only institution southern Italians found they could depend upon in times of adversity. Sowell argues that the steamships bringing Italians to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century transported this faithlessness with them. It was the "bad" son or daughter who was selfish enough to desire college education instead of going to work immediately to support his family...
Most athletes admit that consideration of coach and teammates didn't play an important role in the decision to leave. Norma Barton, Ivy League swim champion in three events, says that for her, "It was easier to stop when I was on top. Maybe that's selfish, but I'd been swimming for a long time and had accomplished everything I could hope...
...problem is, as Rousseau might have known, men of that caliber don't come along any too often, when they do, they rarely make the compromises necessary to reach adequately influential positions. Visionaries able to persuade without compelling, and convincing enough to sway millions to jettison their selfish tendencies are a vanishing breed (and never a big species in the first place...