Sentences with phrase «corrupted by greed»

Australians who are intelligent enough to see the damage that climate change will bring with it, and who have not been corrupted by the greed that is associated with the coal industry, are fiercely opposed to allowing any more coal mining.

I'm not even a regular scientist, much less a (sound of choir, ray of sunlight from parted clouds) «CLIMATE Scientist», so don't really know what goes on behind the curtain, but I will say that it is increasingly apparent to me that much of «science» (save that bastion of purity, mathematics), has been corrupted by greed, a political agenda (whose operatives are dupes of the former, really, viz..

How do we reform a system that is so corrupted by greed, power, competition, materialism, and scientific dogma without demonizing those who need our love and know not what they do?

«His services were corrupted by greed and lies.»

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Our leadership corrupt & blinded by power and greed.

All too often people are corrupted by the crudest form of greed, though they are skillful in covering this up with high - sounding defenses of the rights of property.

City Councilman Bill Perkins, a former state senator, called the Senate GOP - Independent Democratic Conference coalition «corrupt» and called it «a damn shame that (Stewart - Cousins) was betrayed for no good reason except the greed and foolishness of the IDC led by Jeff Klein.»

Bilbo's growing greed towards possession of the ring is matched by the Master's corrupt political hold on Laketown, Thorin's obsession with reclaiming Erebor, Smaug's proud hold over the dwarves» riches, and the Necromancer's business in Dol Goldur.

The plot of Married Life, based on the British fifties - era pulp thriller «Five Roundabouts to Heaven» and set in 1949 Seattle (though the city is never actually identified, to the best of my recall), sounds like a seedy Hollywood B&W crime melodrama of cheating husbands and seductive sirens and the comforts of suburban life corrupted by lust and greed.

Rather, the main character of the film is undeniably Thorin Oakenshield, whose character arc sees him corrupted (almost jarringly quickly) by «dragon's sickness,» which is essentially greed and paranoia fostered by possession of the dragon's immense wealth.

It was believed by Lord Shiva that nobody except Lord Vishu would be able to handle it owing to its brilliance and its ability to corrupt its owner with greed.

One story examines the escalating misfortunes of Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke), an NYPD officer corrupted not so much by greed as by a need to provide for his growing family on a cop's salary.

Published by BadLand Games, Vostok Inc. lets you play as a corrupt, narcissistic yuppie setting out to make as much money as humanly possible in this greed - driven twin - stick shooter without a conscience.