Word: self-interest
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...Syria would have any inclination to help out the U.S. in Iraq. Baker would agree that they're not about to help out just to be nice, but his commission - which interviewed senior figures in both regimes - believes their cooperation can be won on the basis of enlightened self-interest. Still, they would need an incentive to cooperate, which would necessitate the sort of diplomatic quid pro quo on other issues that would stick in the craw of President Bush...
...says, she only smokes during interviews--and if she wants a chocolate bickie (that's a cookie to Americans) or three before lunch, she's having them. "She has the will of [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel," says Field, the director of Children. "But it's for a purpose, not self-interest." Oscar nominations, after all, don't simply drop out of the sky. Winslet knows how to work the awards crowd, taking her fast, frank and low-falutin' self to the requisite meet and greets, especially those with the actor groups, who make up the largest part of the Academy...
...also argued for the legitimacy of using torture in certain circumstances, again using self-interest as a justification...
Responding to the charged debate surrounding the war in Iraq leading up to next week’s midterm elections, conservative author Dinesh D’Souza resolutely defended America’s right to pursue its self-interest in an on-campus speech last night...
...concerns. Not even the Western powers pushing for sanctions believe they will change Iran's attitude. Indeed, U.S. officials stress that their diplomatic plan is to introduce very limited, largely symbolic sanctions at this stage in order to keep Russia and China "on board." Nor is it only commercial self-interest that makes China, Russia and many European countries loath to impose significant sanctions on one of the world's largest oil suppliers. Like ElBaradei, they believe resolving the issue requires cooling the political tensions between Washington and Tehran...