Word: selfishnesses
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Instead of presenting Maria Callas [Oct. 29] as a true diva-one who is generous, dignified and kind-you only succeed in impressing me that she is an overindulged, selfish, unforgiving egocentric...
...York Times answered with a resounding no that rocked Manhattan executive suites. The networks' failure to carry the crucial session of the U.N. Security Council (at which the U.S. split with France and Britain) was roundly denounced by the Times's TV Critic Jack Gould as "stupid, selfish and irresponsible-an absolute mockery of the industry's obligation to serve the public interest." Where were the Big Three chains on this historic occasion? Displaying Veteran Cashier Bert Parks and his moneybags, putting Wyatt Earp through his heroic paces and inviting the nation to Name That Tune. (Only...
...movie's fault, is that the people aren't really big; their motives often appear selfish or spiteful or stupid. The disparity between the characters' grand surroundings and their petty actions is, of course, one of the main points of the film, and it requires that these people be cut down from epic size by constant acid scrutiny. But it doesn't take three hours and any number of lavish sets to advance such a relatively simple argument--Stevens, as a matter of fact, clinches the point in one short scene which shows the group of ill-bred oil millionaires...
...world's busiest waterway. It was open by international agreement at all hours to all vessels, and was vital to the West. Nasser had recognized the international status of the waterway only a couple of years ago, but now Nasser had nationalized the Canal Company "for purely selfish purposes...
Raging passions!") and wound up pre senting little Robertino to Rossellini while still awaiting her divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom. In the current issue of Redbook magazine, Ingrid describes her "or deal" and defends her "selfish decision." "I've never been able to understand all the fuss. All right, I had a baby before I was married. It's not the first time that ever happened to a woman, and it's not the last . . . And if the two people love one another and marry, and if they have a happy family, isn't that what...