Word: selfishnesses
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...revolved in turret round, And warned the Southern foe That ne'er a band of selfish men Our Union could o'erthrow' No more her ironclad deck shall boast The strength to make men free;--Sixth Naval District brass have scorned The Scourge of Slavery...
...this will take some doing. It will take, said Wilson, "a subordination of selfish ends . . . beyond what is commonly demanded in any period short of actual war ... All of us must remember in the months ahead that it is vastly better to prevent a war, if we can, than to win one-and the surest course toward prevention of World War III is through building the might of America."' Charles Wilson obviously felt in every pore of his body that the might could & would be forthcoming...
...makes it difficult for him to fit into the surly, squabbling family which has resented his absence for the past dozen years. All four feel that things would have gene much better had he not fled. Each sees his return only as a means to exploit him for a selfish end. His wife wants to be a fine lady in a fine house, with a special room for seances. Amelia wants a dowry so that she can enter a convent. Pedro wants capital for a rice swindle. And Juan wants enough money to support a wife...
Into this world after 23 years away from it, bursts the spinster's girlhood beau-a selfish, tinny charmer (Fredric March) who dabbles at art and meddles in lives-with the rich wife who knows him for what he is and even puts up with all he isn't. He buzzes, jollies, flirts, cajoles, tipsily involves the French niece in a minor small-town scandal. Though baseless in itself, the scandal manages to shake up the other people into auditing their close-to-bankrupt lives...
...81st Congress, went to the polls in high hopes of rectifying that situation. Now we find, to our dismay, that all we have seemingly accomplished has been to further the power of such petty and irresponsible men as Senator McCarthy, who seem interested only in furthering their own selfish, political interests...