Word: ego
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Jack Webb, 62, actor and alter ego of steely, deadpan Sergeant Joe Friday ("Just the facts, ma'am") on Dragnet; of heart disease; in West Hollywood, Calif. A self-styled "demon at work" who directed and produced most of the episodes both on radio (1949-56) and during two TV runs (1951-59, 1967-70), Webb continued to produce movies (The D.I.) and TV series (Adam-12, Emergency...
Rick's Café Americain is the state of the stateless. Rick sets himself up as a kind of chieftain or caliph in his isolated, autonomous, amoral fiefdom, where he rules absolutely. Victor and Rick are splintered aspects, it may be, of the same man. Ultimately, the ego rises above mere selfish despair and selfish desire. It is reborn in sacrifice and community: "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill o' beans in this crazy world." Idealism and its bride ascend into heaven...
...Reagan's sense of conservative mission, his ego appears oddly detached from his office: his career as a movie actor and Governor of California gave him enough of a sense of accomplishment that he did not need the presidency to consider himself a success. Accordingly, he shows no trace of the driven behavior that manifested itself in Richard Nixon's dark humors, Lyndon Johnson's frequent tirades and Jimmy Carter's agonizing self-doubt. Reagan feels no need to brood alone over decisions. Says Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver: "I think it is interesting that he does not have...
...national media have eagerly fed upon this reputation, providing Helms with the awed coverage that inflates a politician's ego and image. But the fearsome scion of the New Right has actually proved a far less effective legislator than is commonly assumed. More prudent colleagues from both sides of the aisles have so far blocked his crusade to mold the constitution to his vision of a God-fearing country. His initiative on prayer and abortion have faltered, and the sweeping anti-busing bill he pushed through the Senate has not received a friendly welcome in the House...
...company, feels "very sorry for his family, in particular. I'm just glad that I wasn't faced with this kind of temptation." William Collins has known De Lorean since 1958, when they worked together at Pontiac, and until 1979 was vice president of DMC. "I think his fantastic ego just drove him to do almost anything," Collins says. Journalist Wright blames De Lorean's blinding ambition: "He wanted that company to work. He wanted that car to be successful. He wanted to show the people here in Detroit he could...