Word: selfishnesses
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Maid: When my bills are all paid ' (gasp), I want what's left to go to [my daughter]. Tell her I know I was selfish (gasp), and if I loved her too much, I'm sorry, but I didn't mean to cause her any trouble...
Several councillors questioned the importance of the yards, particularly the repair facilities. Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, said he thought that "less than ten" employees now worked in the shops, and asserted that it was "a little selfish on the part of the MTA" to retain the extensive facilities when the propety might be put to more productive...
...hand a success. Barred from the keyboard for at least two months, tireless Van, who has pounded away at some 90 concerts since his return from Russia last May, seemed almost resigned to trying a slower pace: "My doctor is trying to make me realize I must be more selfish, conserve my energy. If I don't, I won't be able to give anything to anybody...
...wife and their three children. "I didn't arrive at this decision lightly," explained Yankus, a somber, earnest six-footer who was raised in Chicago by immigrant Lithuanian parents, saved through his early life to fulfill his dream of owning a farm. "I did it for a selfish purpose-for my children, because I can foresee the time when they would be bound hand and foot by these controls...
Squaw Valley's Alec Gushing provides a classic example of old-fashioned American capitalism at its best: the selfish motivation of one has provided benefit...