Word: ego
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wash of relief and welcome. Hardly any Americans thought much then, or even afterward, about Dresden blasted, Hamburg gone, Hiroshima and Nagasaki reduced to radioactive powder. All of those American firestorms had, of course, consumed innocent civilians. But, the ceremonies said, never mind, evil went down for the count. Ego te absolvo. You boys did what you had to do. Where were you anyway?the Bulge? Anzio? Tarawa? Iwo? Say, that must have been tough. Tell me about it. Let me buy you another...
When there is a basis in reality for pride, one should be free to acknowledge it without being labeled sick or being made to think his ego has gone berserk...
...half, further cuts are expected soon, and distribution in outlying suburban areas is being slashed. News editors are not ruling out staff layoffs. Says New York Post Circulation Director Martin Fischbein: "Tonight has been a financial disaster for them. The only thing keeping it going is macho and ego...
...Raiders is a director's movie. Aside from keeping pace with the plot, there is little to be done for the actors short of giving wonderfully telling looks. That is not to cut anyone down. Everyone, from Belloq (who comes off looing like Francois Truffaut's alter ego) or Toht have distinctive characteristics that are easily enough identified, and a hint of more. But if more were delivered, it would only weigh the movie down. For it is Spielberg's sense of timing that propels Raiders into the realm of the magnificent. He is a master of setting an audience...
...class act. He doesn't have any false pride or ego problems." Another top Administration official made the inevitable comparison with the Budget Director...