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Main Entry: al?tru?ism
Pronunciation: 'al-tru-"i-z&m Etymology: French altruisme, from autrui other people, from Old French, oblique case form of autre other, from Latin alter Date: 1853 1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others We got to talking about you at lunch today. Rudy mentioned that in effort to get your goat he often tells you your not being very altruistic towards him by consuming so much of his time requesting reports. My understanding is that your typical response to this is "I am the most altruistic person." I am sure you recognize the hypocrisy laden in this statement. If a true altruist is unselfish then he would not care if his acts are recognized or not. In fact, the true altruist hopes only that his acts benefit those to which they are directed. We may have to downgrade you to "concerned individual". But given your good-hearted and idealistic leanings I thought you would might like to know that the Landmark River Oaks Theatre is going to be showing Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. If you haven't seen the film it's a black and white starring Jimmy Stewart as an idealistic, extremely unselfish young man who takes on the corrupt political machines of Washington, D.C. The film ranked 29th on AFI's (The American Film Institute) top 100 films of the Century list, and is tied for first place on the Sscott5 Greatest Films List.. FYI- Neither you nor Nick have been removed from the group email, I simply haven't sent one out in the past two weeks. I will make sure you both receive my next brilliant composition. I must say I was tempted to remove you given your complaints about receiving all of the follow-up commentary and a lack of appearances.
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