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...final evidence of this, actually, is Seinfeld, or the resurrected version of it on Curb. When Larry David (playing himself) pitches Jerry Seinfeld his reunion idea (with an ulterior motive), they have a very Seinfeldian exchange about why David has "shifted" on his previous belief that reunions are pathetic: "I haven't shifted." "No, you've shifted." "No, there's no shift." "You've shifted!" "No shift...
...desire to get closer to Paris. She offers herself physically but without any indication that she is interested in the act from a personal perspective. Her only attempt to ingratiate herself is in learning how to ride Etienne's beloved horses, and even then, she's got an ulterior motive: she likes the horses too. They and the indulgent lifestyle that goes with them intrigue...
...document until the principal became unable to take care of day-to-day financial affairs. Such secrecy generally led to confusion down the road, with the appointee often woefully ignorant of the principal's state of affairs. In other instances, a health-care aide or housekeeper with ulterior motives might procure a POA and persuade a gullible senior to sign it. The signature of the principal was basically all that mattered then...
...instead of criticizing Ma for his visit, the spokesman for China's State Council Taiwan Affairs Office blasted Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party for its "ulterior motives to instigate the Dalai Lama, who has long been engaged in separatist activities, to visit Taiwan...
...Many observers see an ulterior motive behind the Supreme Court's call for a retrial, which may start in the fall. "This decision sounds okay - as though the 'good' Supreme Court has corrected problems and justice has triumphed," said Yulia Latynina, an investigative journalist, during the political talk show she hosts on Ekho Moskvy. "In Russia, everything is rigged: the police, the prosecution and the courts. This is just P.R. to create the impression that there is a legal process taking place...