Word: selfishnesses
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...Hamilton should be warned that he may not be welcomed exclusively by souls like us, imbued with the spirit of human kindness. In the event of a hegira from his high-ceilinged mansion to this land of canvas canopies, we would ask him in his magnanimity to overlook the selfish taunts of privates earning $83.30 base pay per month with wife and children back in the States. I trust he'll excuse these impetuous youths for not understanding modern patriotism. Our best to Mr. Namath also...
...your cover story on the draft [June 3] with distaste. Like it or not, we are deeply committed in Viet Nam, and the armed forces need men -especially leadership potential-to fulfill this commitment. If Mr. Wilson and others like him would spend less time endeavoring to support their selfish motives, and more time reflecting on their obligations to the country that provided their education, perhaps the enemy would be less encouraged in their continuing aggression. Perhaps if Mr. Wilson et al. would face up to these obligations, they might discover that the training gained in the service would make...
...playing an interior decorator who is more beautiful than most, and more manly too. Anouk's boldest designs are reserved for Giovanna Ralli, a newer exotic, who smartly assumes the attitudes of a neurotic young matron beset by conventional woes. Her parents are a wretchedly selfish pair; she cannot concentrate on raising her young son; and her physicist husband is so preoccupied with the mysteries of nuclear fission that he seldom wonders what his wife thinks. Giovanna consults an analyst and discovers that she thinks mostly about Anouk...
...achieve this new state of calm deliberation, Eisenstadt has attacked both the racists and the more militant elements of the civil rights movement. In his view Mrs. Hicks and the civil rights leaders were guilty of stirring up the de facto segregation issue for their own selfish, political purposes. He is convinced, for example, that Mrs. Hicks would have been defeated in both the 1963 and 1965 elections had she not been able to capitalize on the fear and hatred that the issue of imbalance created. On the other side, he attributes a good deal of the pressure...
...intensification of the problems that both sides admit must be solved immediately. Donahue may still have the power to block passage of the measure, although the mood of the voters and the trend within the legislature is clearly against him. His choice is either to continue the selfish political maneuvering which has proved so destructive in the past twelve months or to face up to the problems which he should be helping to solve. We hope that the Senator will weigh the alternatives well...