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  • I'm more worried about social, economic, health, foreign policy and environmental (run off, land use, etc not necessarily GW) impacts of our autocentric lifestyle.

    Mayor’s Ally, Mike O’Brien, Goes His Own Way on 520 and Aggressive Panhandling « PubliCola 2010

  • Instead more emphasis should be put on other negative consequences of an autocentric society.

    More Than The Tailpipe « PubliCola 2010

  • This will make living in the increasingly autocentric Diocese of Niagara a challenge.

    trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2007

  • And change US land-use patterns to obviate autocentric transport?

    Green Alps #1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • Increased traffic that fosters an autocentric access will decrease incentive for pedestrian traffic, and cost $100 million dollars in taxpayer money to improve roads so that overweight Americans can spend even more time in their cars morphing into blobs of fat at this stoplight or that somewhere out on 29N

    New 29 Developments Not Popular at cvillenews.com 2003

  • Person, autocentric, as distinguished from a thing (hetero-centric), to have a right, you must be a person,

    Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888

  • Capital Punishment, not inconsistent with God's dominion over life, nor with the personality (autocentric) of man, power of (right of the sword), the distinguishing mark of sovereignty, sole instance of rightful direct killing,

    Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888

  • But with all the pride or pleasure which we take in the members of our particular clan, our satisfaction really springs from viewing them on an autocentric theory of the social system.

    The Soul of the Far East Percival Lowell 1885

  • But even so, the rules that govern design and construction are locked in place, and those rules specify the building of an autocentric world.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • If Eagle's goal as a town is to retain small-town character, a new interchange which literally paves the way for massive amounts of autocentric development like ERS and beyond is a direct conflict.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

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  • Egocentric.

    January 6, 2008