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K. op-ed calls the broadcast a "snuff film" and wonders, in light of the shows big rating and attendant advertising revenues, "Shouldn't the profit motive end where life and death become mere commodities for public consumption?"
Dr. Evil's subtext of sexual jealousy has become his motive.
Y et Steele had no obvious, sufficient motive for lying ...
Indeed in finance theory--including the Nobel prize winners' own formula--the profit motive is the engine that moves financial markets from one equilibrium to another.
Behre has the knowledge and the motive (he's loyal to the White House) to write the TP.