Word: selfishnesses
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...actions, we galvanize other people into similar acts. There is a whole new generation of energy. It reaches not only the guys who take the step, but also their parents and friends. Let's face it, these are the sons of some powerful, influential people. For whatever selfish reasons, their parents and friends are pushed pretty far. Just like in Chester...
...problems. This pernicious and insidious form of addiction is sometimes the first step in the direction of the more potent or physically addictive drugs. Its use is not so much a symbol of dissent in order to effectuate changes in our social system, but rather a manifestation of a selfish withdrawal from society...
...presence of vested interests, however correct, raises the possibility of selfish rationalization and is a warning of the need for caution. Then too, a new definition of death, when there are those who have a vested interest in it, could lead to public questioning and doubt and an unfortunate blurring of the line between this and euthanasia...
...easily legible traffic signs being desperately sought for use in the U.S. [Nov. 24] are already available. They are the standard international traffic signs used almost everywhere but in the U.S. They are clear, pictographic and attractive. Continued selfish refusal by the U.S.-which claims to want foreign tourists-to adopt the international system has been based on economic arguments concerning the cost of changeover...
Rooks' film, though visual poetry of a sort, is equally a selfish attempt at preserving past experience, the act having therapeutic overtones in this case. Chappaqua is Rooks' autobiography, the story of a 27-year-old alcoholic and drug addict who enters a private Parisian sanitarium to take a cure. The film juxtaposes the reality of the sanitarium, its doctors and attendants, with Rooks' drug hallucinations during the tortuous process of the cure, also with memories of past drug visions while still a full-time addict...