Word: ego
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turn, man may aspire to personal Buddhahood through ridding himself of such worldly attachments as family and his ego. Between god and man are the bodhisattvas (or saints), who have nobly rejected nirvana (or the utter annihilation of self) to minister to the needs of mankind. Also in between are the yidams, bristling with many pairs of arms brandishing weapons, who are often sensuously pictured in copulation with their female consorts to symbolize the final union in Buddhahood where the sexes blend together. Nepalese art not only revolves around this Oriental theology but also helps the individual attain...
...Charles Boyer -that great screen lover of yore-to play the cuckolded husband. In a secondary role, Boyer deftly blends temperament and tolerance to contrast against the beautiful worthlessness of Sorel. But Julia becomes most adorable when Actress Palmer wriggles into character to show all the charm, vanity, insight, ego, witchery and wit of a woman who would rather have top billing than top cooing. Enjoying a last fling at youth, Julia tucks away her qualms, reaches for her checkbook and asks her swain: "How can I thank you?" He knows. So does she. "I haven't cried since...
...ENGLISHMAN, by Kingsley Amis. The author's best novel since Lucky Jim tells of a self-satisfied English libertine, and how some unawed Americans let the air out of his ballooning ego...
...ENGLISHMAN, by Kingsley Amis. The author's best novel since Lucky Jim tells of a self-satisfied English libertine and how some unawed Americans let the air out of his ballooning ego...
...wandered through and urinated upon these striking corridors. He has lots of fun with the midgets (Refugees From Society) but fails to communicate with the elderly bellhop (The Older Generation). Young Johan doesn't miss a thing, though, watching mommie make love to the stranger. His eyes opening, his ego transferring, he discovers an affection for Ester, but abruptly departs the next day with his mother, leaving auntie dying in a strange land...