Word: selfishnesses
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...people have come to need the wink to tell them what to laugh at. And Arrested Development draws a dark picture of family relations: "What we have is not a family," Michael tells his son in the season-two opener. "It's a bunch of greedy, selfish people who have our nose." But the show is no more avant-garde than, say, Seinfeld, and it's less misanthropic. At some level, the Bluths need one another; they are the only ones who know what it is like to be Bluths. "We're not saying, No hugs, no lessons," says Hurwitz...
...ourselves for doing nothing in the face of situations like the genocide in Sudan. But our elected representatives are only following our wishes. The Sudan atrocities are a tragedy that you and I will tolerate-and ignore-while we concentrate on sports, television, movies and the rest of our selfish interests. The media cover only as much as we want to watch. The death of 50,000 people is no more important to us during this election season than are the ties the candidates wear during the debates. Joseph T. Teixeira Jr. Bristol...
Wilde Stories: The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend & The Nightengale and the Rose...
...life, we ask TiVo or the Web or the Cheesecake Factory to indulge our slightest whims. Asking this is not selfish; in fact, it is a duty. ("Have it your way!"--was that an invitation or a command?) But under a political system devised before the dawn of the fixin's bar, we are suddenly asked to settle for those options that can please half the voters or, at least, five out of nine Supreme Court Justices. That rankles our American souls. We should be satisfied! We should be catered to! We specifically asked for the vinaigrette on the side...
There weren’t many chances for Harvard defenders to turn in big plays against Holy Cross on Saturday. But on the few occasions that the Crusaders threatened to crack the stalwart Crimson defense, Ricky Williamson was just downright selfish...