Word: selfishnesses
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...villains of the piece are the wily, arrogant, and ego-tripping males. They want a home, a Mother, and sex. and they get them at the cost of violating the individuality of their women. Though they try to rationalize their selfish actions, the admission of selfishness is more valid to them than that of weakness. "I've. opened up a whole new world of instinctual pleasures for you," says The Hunter to his bride whom he has just raped. When she remains moaning on the floor, he comes back with, "Well, you'll learn to like...
Much of the problem lies with France's small shopkeepers, farmers and minor manufacturers, whose narrow views have saddled France with one of the most backward and selfish middle classes in Europe. De Gaulle had a plan to reform this outmoded structure. Just as he broke the resistance of France's colonial army to end the Algerian war, he was intent on breaking the power and influence of its dominant bourgeoisie to end the chasm be tween the monied and working classes. The byword of that campaign, one of the countless phrases that passed from De Gaulle...
Chamade is not the story of a shattered romance (Antoine will recover) or of true reunion (Charles may not have Lucile back for long). In fact it is less a story of love than one of selfishness. Lucile is something of a child, largely ignorant of her own selfishness and of the fact that she is indulging herself. She brings no malice to her liaisons because she is too empty-headed (she prefers hazy) to be a femme fatale. The really selfish one is Antoine, who tries to make Lucile over to his own specifications. Charles? He has reached...
...selfish these days and so in love with ourselves and our causes-myself included. It seems to me that we've needed something bigger than all of us for some time now to put mankind in the right perspective. I would not say, "If we can put men on the moon, why can't we build adequate housing or feed all our citizens?" I would ask, "Why can't the trip to the moon and exploration of space inspire us to see social injustices, our cruel war, and our long and foolish fight with nature...
...more political reason for involvement was sited by Mohamed Berjaoui, a Lebanese ambassador and former MP. He explained, "I had a more selfish reason. My first purpose was to give a better idea of my own country. We are Americans to have a more objective misunderstood over here and I want view of Lebanon. My participation in the seminar has also helped my colleagues have a clearer understanding of my country...