Word: selfishnesses
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...proposals floated by the Clinton administration for trading emissions-rights and so on. But the question will be to what extent is Bush willing to back away from his vow that in addressing global warming nothing can be done to harm the U.S. economy. That struck people here as selfish and self-serving, but also wrongheaded - the Europeans believe that while taking steps towards cleaner and more efficient energy consumption may be more expensive in the short run, they'll result in long-term savings and will ultimately become essential...
Bush political guru KARL ROVE may need to rethink the White House's hardball tactics. His reaction to Jeffords' switch, portraying him as selfish and power hungry, shows the lesson hasn't sunk...
...Whereas great shows spring on the public something it never would have asked for: a sitcom making fun of the Korean War (M*A*S*H), a show about a Cuban band leader and his wife in the white-bread '50s (I Love Lucy) or a farce about the selfish exploits of four whiny New Yorkers (Seinfeld...
Overseas concerns may influence just what layers Bush decides to deploy. The land-based plan is the selfish option. Even when expanded to two sites--Alaska and North Dakota, under current plans--the shield would protect only the U.S. and Canada. That would be particularly grating to nations like Britain and Denmark. After all, Washington wants them to permit the U.S. to make modifications to radar on their territory that is required to protect the U.S.--but not them--from missile attack...
...thuggish, rude and forceful men?an obvious contrast to her father. Her husband Feroze, her father's secretary Mathai and her yoga teacher and personal holy man Bramachari all fit this description. She doted on her younger son Sanjay who was of the same mold. He was a selfish, untalented and unprincipled man who rode roughshod over his mother. His death in a 1980 plane crash broke her, personally and politically...