Word: selfishnesses
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...with a unanimous vote to support the British in Brussels. "Europe without Britain is unthinkable," declared Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, leader of the West German Common Market delegation. From the Bundestag came strong warnings that legislators will refuse to ratify Adenauer's pact unless De Gaulle's selfish whim is thwarted...
...Bridge on the River Kwai, Guinness makes Colonel Jock Sinclair a three-dimensional personality seldom found in portrayals of a standard sort of crude-but-lovable Highland officer. In Kwai, Sir Alec had to be inflexible to the point of personal sacrifice, but as Sinclair he must be selfish to the detriment of all that he loves. The Colonel claims to love his battalion, yet be lets personal spite bring dissention, disgrace, and finally tragedy down upon it; he pronounces his affection for his daughter (Susannah York), yet he treats her as a propitiation for his own sins, and when...
...pretty soon you realize that this straight-faced world is slightly magic around the edges. Evil is a man in a striped suit and derby hat who tries to destroy dreams. He is a dictatorial mayor and selfish capitalist and doesn't believe that Sandcastle Pier is a boat. Of course it is. We registered it under the laws of the new country of Liberama. And it makes so many people happy that...
...ironic sequel to West Germans' hopes of "belonging to the world" is that GERMANS GO HOME signs have sprouted in Europe, largely as a result of a few ruthless speculators who boost prices, and the selfish Germans who despoil the scenery with barbed wire and Verboten signs. In Ireland, where onetime SS Hero Otto Skorzeny now raises prizewinning lambs, the clergy has even tried to persuade farmers that it is "patriotic" not to sell their land. One indignant priest, who had twice been chased off a German-owned beach, complained from the pulpit: "Has the day really come when...
...President Kennedy's critics have made the charge that he withheld announcement of the Cuban blockade until it was politically advantageous. There can be no doubt that Kennedy is a master politician, but to suggest that he would gamble with the security of this country to further selfish political ends is not only asinine but naive as well...