• Is its newfound position self-serving?

    FORBES: Romney Would Not Leave Wind Energy to Dangle

  • We are trying to map an alternative position that is both more self-critical and more engaged with how technological change is actively affecting our culture.

    FORBES: So What��s The Downside?

  • Sun owes its position today to its evangelical fervour and a self-belief that borders on the arrogant.

    ECONOMIST: Sun Microsystems

  • When people mourn, they mourn for themselves and there was something self-serving about these elegies, a jockeying for position in the deceased's esteem.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Gone Tomorrow'

  • In 1987, the now college-educated men sat in the same position on the same bench, again with a self-timed camera.

    CNN: Five guys take same photo for 30 years

  • The problem, however, is that America's position is perceived by the Europeans, probably rightly, as self-serving.

    ECONOMIST: Global finance

  • An agent with even just a few authors interested in going the self-publishing route, crowdfunded or not, is in a great position to make connections between authors and suppliers.

    FORBES: Crowdfunding: An Opportunity For Agents As Well As Authors

  • If you want to eventually rise to a leadership position, try an online leadership assessment tool (search for "leadership self assessment" and you'll find a slew of free ones).

    FORBES: Business Basics

  • Under the scheme, self-employment is treated in the same way as a regular nine-to-five position.

    BBC: Work advisers 'pushing jobless into self-employment'

  • The Southeastern position, in effect, is that Michael Dell is acting out of simple economic self-interest and not out of his stated desire to hasten the transformation of the company without worrying about quarterly financial performance. (But, you are thinking, Gordon Gekko taught us that greed is good, right?) In short, Southeastern is saying that Michael Dell is seizing the day, buying back the company he founded on the cheap.

    FORBES: Is Michael Dell Really Trying To Pull A Fast One On Investors?

  • His position is consistent with two key policies of the Obama Administration: a greener economy and energy self-reliance.

    FORBES: Liberal California Politician Holding Oil Sands Hostage

  • The once self-described half-businessman, half-gangster insists he is now a reformed man, especially given his position as mayor of Saen Suk municipality in Chonburi.

    CNN: No More Mr. Tough Guy

  • Ratifying the Convention in the Senate would reaffirm America's position as the global leader on disability rights and better position us to encourage progress toward inclusion, equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for persons with disabilities worldwide.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

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