Word: alter-ego
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...GOAL OF adding a majority of "independent" members to corporate boards of directors is to establish an alter-ego for management. At least nine board members would be assigned specific "constituencies," (employee well-being, consumer protection, environmental protection, community relations, shareholder rights, law compliance, technology assessment, anti-trust standards and political relations) and would oversee and inform the board about issues relevant to their fields. The result, at the very least, would be to sensitize management to community issues and interests and raise questions about corporation policies...
Meyer's Jack the Ripper is the alter-ego of Stevenson, a gentleman and a good friend of the young H. G. Wells. Stevenson listens skeptically as the inventor displays a time machine he's just built to carry him into the perfect world of the future, but when the police burst in, he steals the machine to escape. Convinced that he's "turned that bloody maniac loose on Utopia!," Wells follows the Ripper to 1979 San Francisco, the time machine having automatically returned to its owner...
...truly terrifying, as Corky literally spins out of control. The dummy looks amazingly like Hopkins, with exaggerated features that caricature the actor's perfectly. This mocking resemblance not only allows for several nice shots contrasting the two faces, but emphasizes the entire concept of Fats and Corky's alter-ego. Fats' face, like his personality, becomes a grotesque parody of Corky...
Coach Joe Restic smiled, and then the world knew that in addition to his head football coaching chores, he has been moonlighting as Brown's alter-ego...
Sakowitz, the Houston superstore that offers the above enticements, has alter-ego trips for Yule and You-all. For $2 million an acre-the buyer provides the acre-Disney Designer Roland Crump will build him and her their own amusement park. Andy Warhol will produce, write, photograph and direct a feature film to suit the patrons' whim...