Word: selfishnesses
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...thinking of certain high-tariff groups within the Common Market countries," said Nordhoff. "The Common Market is not something to be used as a third force between America and Russia. It is part of the free world . . . and the free world must trade as freely as it communicates, without selfish protection by economic boycotts against third parties-which is what tarrffs...
...measured scorn. Said he: "For my part I am tired-terribly tired-of hearing America run down by them, of hearing their brassy and boastful words and watching their bumbling actions. The Washington record of these past 20 months presents a picture of political connivance instead of statesmanship, of selfish grabs for power instead of respect for our concepts of balance in government, of arrogant assertion of Washington infallibility instead of readiness to trust in the wisdom of the American people...
...apprehensive; you find us too wealthy and you fear that we are selfish. You are wrong. Modern Europe cannot appear before the world as an association of rich and selfish countries. If we were to fall into this error, we would never be able to find our place in the world. We would be detested and hated, but let me tell you that we would also be stupid. Our countries must export ... If we ruin our clients, we ruin ourselves...
Blandness & Buses. In private, Lodge minces no words about Teddy. "I consider it a base impropriety that Teddy is so blatantly using his relationship with his brother for selfish purposes. What has he done to understand the world or Massachusetts? I first met Teddy in Nigeria during a meeting of the African region of the I.L.O. Teddy was there for a day and a half. He talks like that made him an expert on Nigeria. Well, I know what he learned there because I briefed him. He does not know Nigeria. He pretends he does. It's a phony...
Purple Noon studies its characters carefully, and Clement has made full use of a small but uniformly excellent cast. As Phillipe, Maurice Ronet is more than the usual doomed playboy: he creates a memorable picture of selfish animalism. When Marge delays making love to lecture him on art, he explodes, destroys her notes, and roars "Why do you mix Fra Angelico and love...