• Mostly they're just not interested -- not in the Web, e-mail, YouTube, Facebook or anything else that happens online.

    CNN: Why one in five U.S. adults doesn't use the Internet

  • All were united by a single goal: a genuine -- if also, in many cases, self-interested -- desire to protect kids.

    CNN: Why Johnny Can't Surf

  • He also said that he faced "severe financial problems" as it would be difficult to find employment in the areas in which he was interested - politics and the law.

    BBC: Tommy Sheridan jailed for three years for perjury

  • I'm interested - in a different part of this program we heard Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals say that if you're the nominee, centrist and moderate evangelicals might go for you over Senator McCain.

    NPR: Obama: Change Motivating Voters, Not Race

  • When the gag order was revoked last Thursday, Israelis - and any foreigners who were interested - learned that Anat Kamm, a reporter hired by the Walla Web portal when it was partly owned by Haaretz, had been under house arrest for four months.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Haaretz Spy Scandal

  • Smith spent his whole life examining and reconciling both the self-interested and the "other-interested" side of human nature.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • How, then, can incumbent politicians vote against it without appearing as self-interested money-grabbers?

    ECONOMIST: All aboard for campaign finance reform!

  • Wary-but-interested would-be funders are often more likely to contribute knowing that their investment only counts if the campaign is a success.

    FORBES: Crowd-Funding Campaign Lessons Learned: What You Need to Know

  • Executives from Bear Stearns have said self-interested short-sellers might have contributed to the precipitous decline in Bear Stearns' shares, which, in turn, may have stoked the rumors.

    FORBES: What We Learned From Bear

  • So we continue to work with lawmakers of both parties around the country who are interested in -- as well as local officials -- who are interested in this kind of investment because it really is the kind of thing that will help create a better future for the individual states and the country.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • There was a time when I thought Michael Moore was just another self-interested, over-the-top pundit with an agenda.

    FORBES: Michael Moore Talks Class Warfare on the Rachel Maddow Show

  • Right now the site is geared to those knowledgable about digital signal processing, but in the coming months, anyone -- from a child playing a setiQuest game to an interested adult -- can join the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.

    CNN: What if there's somebody else out there?

  • What has happened in the past week or so is that it has become clear - to the IMF, to the Obama administration, and to many other interested parties - that the muddle-through option is not viable.

    BBC: A fork in the road for the euro?

  • He could raise money from interested mall-walkers, then be guided through the product manufacturing process.

    CNN: Seeking a market for cheap 3-D printers

  • He originally billed himself as a non-threatening conservative more interested in budget-balancing and job creation than in social or cultural matters.

    ECONOMIST: Abortion in Virginia

  • Chen said the company is interested logistics-related assets.

    FORBES: Taiwan Footwear Chain Daphne In Acquisition Talks, CEO Eddie Chen Tells Forbes

  • For years now, CEA has been working in partnership with local, state and federal governments, as well as interested non-governmental organizations and other industry advocates to educate consumers on the availability and accessibility of electronics recycling locations.

    FORBES: Making Recycling Electronics as Easy as Buying Them

  • And while Facebook prides itself on being able to offer marketers targeted ads - such as 24- to 35-year-olds in Essex interested in motorbikes - she said there was a much simpler proposition behind its mobile advertising proposition.

    BBC: Facebook��s future - ads and Android

  • Ian Hookway and other members of the Save Trentham High Action Group want to force a competition, giving interested parties - including themselves - the opportunity to help decide the type of new school they will get as well as who will run it.

    BBC: Today

  • It should be manned by individuals not seconded from interested agencies -- and therefore, inevitably, saddled with a potential conflict of interest between, on the one hand, providing the President with impartial, independent advice and, on the other, satisfying those who will determine the future career paths of such NSC staffers.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The FS-X Agreement

  • More likely, they possessed a self-interested instinct to help get a co-worker back to work.

    WSJ: Matt Ridley on what a Rat Rescue Says About People | Mind & Matter

  • In this environment, managers naturally tend to be most focused on essential day-to-day operations and less interested in longer-term activities perceived as having less certain payback.

    FORBES: Why Employee Development Is Important, Neglected And Can Cost You Talent

  • "I think that's when I thought 'If they're going to take that apart - as I'm interested in history - I'll go and record it, '" he said.

    BBC: Vaults at La Cimetiere des Freres, St Peter Port

  • Listeners are not interested in the brand - they are interested in the music and the presenters.

    BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Blackburn victory over Cliff ban

  • The company has begun sending out consoles to the first supporters of the project - while other interested gamers can pre-order the device.

    BBC: Ouya console

  • Like Mr Kashua, Mr El-Youssef is interested in exploring present-day scenarios rather than the refugee camps' myths that the old Palestine will be reborn.

    ECONOMIST: New Arab fiction

  • Dan was eager to tackle such provocative subject matter and when he came back - with a large amount of research and a basic storyline - Lizzie was asked whether she would be interested in co-writing the script.

    BBC: The Making of Dirty War

  • The single life is inherently self-interested: it calls for vigilance on matters of self-preservation both large (financial autonomy) and small (dish detergent), and, in many cases, it frees the solitary from the sorts of daily interaction that help craft a sense of shared responsibility.

    NEWYORKER: The Disconnect

  • The predictable result was confirmed in a front-page article in Sunday's Washington Post about Russian-Iranian missile cooperation over the past decade: The recipients of such information were generally more interested in ascertaining -- and terminating -- the ways in which it was obtained than in ending their proliferation activities.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: No ��Need to Know'

  • Coca-Cola, which has been interested in the soft-drinks firm since 1997, said it would continue discussions with regulators on an acceptable deal.

    ECONOMIST: Profit inside

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