He called their calls to shut down Indian Point permanently "a self-serving attempt to take advantage of Sept. 11 by manipulating the fears of Westchester residents."

It has shamelessly made false allegations against Fuji Film in a self-serving attempt to exploit growing tensions between the U.S. and Japan on trade issues.

Elevating races to Grade I status is a rather self-serving attempt by the breeders to make more horses look better than they really are.

Presidential memoirs are typically self-serving attempts to recast history, settle scores and pose for posterity.

Like his earlier memoir, it is often a self-serving attempt to continue his ongoing feud with the late president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

Notwithstanding this gesture, some local residents have tried to exploit the church in self-serving attempts to have the trail closed.

They call for Iraq's immediate and unconditional withdrawal, the restoration of Kuwait's legitimate Government, and categorically reject Iraq's cynical and self-serving attempt to annex Kuwait.

Or are the editors' pious protestations of public interest just a prurient self-serving attempt to boost circulation?

Mr. Salinas conceded that he had very little credibility left among Mexicans and that many might regard the book as a self-serving attempt to rehabilitate his reputation.

The company in charge engaged in what some American officials saw as a self-serving attempt to limit communications with the government until all the money was gone.