Word: selfishnesses
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Mexico's new president, Vicente Fox, overcame his country's long-ruling P.R.I. government through a peaceful, democratic process and, more important, proved that the selfish interests of an entrenched nobility will never triumph over the will of the people. BARAK LURIE Los Angeles...
...Carlson, another Cambridge resident, claimed there were many other possible sites for the museum and accused Harvard of being selfish...
...criminal libel against Queensbury for the sake of Bosie, who sees the trial as a chance to get back at his mother. Bosie's stage presence is nearly perfect; with the walk of a public school boy and slight hints at effeminacy, Snyder successfully relates Bosie's demanding and selfish desire for Wilde's complete devotion...
...concerned, as UCLA coaching legend John Wooden is, that dunking will cause the death of the pure, passing-oriented game that women's basketball is known for? You shouldn't be. Dunking doesn't equal selfishness. The Starzz barely missed the playoffs last year, and lost two games down the stretch by three or fewer points. Would taking more really high-percentage shots really have been all that selfish...
...being unreasonable here? Who is being stubborn and irresponsible? Who is putting victory at all costs ahead of the will of the people and the good of the country? Whose selfish ambition is trampling the rule of law? Who is causing bitterness and alienation that will linger long after the last chad of Election 2000 is swept away? Is it Al Gore? Or George W. Bush? This is a dispute that the Bush side is winning on a simple but effective strategy of decibels and repetition. But consider what is not in dispute...