Word: self-interest
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...Obviously we have decided that getting the University more involved in our settings in a constructive way is in the self-interest of the University,” says Paul S. Grogan, the current vice president of government, community and public affairs for Harvard...
...latest proposals at the U.N. will depend in substantial part on the attitude of Russia and France, which have been critical of the existing sanctions package but are also sympathetic to U.S. concerns over preventing Iraq acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Given that both countries have a measure of self-interest in reviving commercial ties with Iraq - both are substantial Iraqi creditors - Washington is hoping that proposals to allow Baghdad to pay off some of its debt with oil revenues will tempt Moscow and Paris...
...continuing uprising is a domestic political nightmare for both Jordan and Egypt, whose regimes are coming under growing pressure from a citizenry enraged by images of carnage from just across the border. It is in their urgent self-interest to calm the situation in the West Bank and Gaza, which is why they've been promoting a cease-fire plan with the Israelis, Palestinians, Americans and Europeans. But there are few signs, thus far, that either the Israelis or the Palestinians are politically able to embrace its terms...
...unattainable standards are set, they will emasculate the FTAA and prevent any expansion of trade, to the detriment of all concerned. Less-wealthy nations cannot be coerced into adopting restrictive labor and environmental protections—they must be convinced that such standards are in their long-term self-interest, partially by experiencing the economic benefits of free trade...
...occupation would be too easy, and the depth of feeling that protest serves to demonstrate would be lost. That doesn’t mean the protesters must go on hunger strikes or try self-immolation, but it does mean that they will be taken more seriously by students and administrators if their requests for academic protection are based on principled argument rather than raw self-interest...