Word: ego
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ross Perot had it half right; he wanted to fix American politics but chickened out, sacrificing his credibility for a protectionism that went out of style and for love of his own ego. The better half of Perot's posse spawned Jesse Ventura; the failed half degraded into the acid populism that is the stock-in-trade of Pat Buchanan. It plays well in iconoclastic New Hampshire, and with farmers and union men, but if a party aspires to one day leave the fringe in the cause of reform, it is a poison pill. Buchanan is no reformer...
...this must fuel Buchanan's ego. "Pitchfork Pat," as his supporters call him, is proving to be the leading annoyance to patrician politicians named George Bush. If he stymies W.'s aspirations the way he hindered his old man, don't count on the "love" to linger...
...list of things you can do at Harvard is too long and intimidating to be repeated here. Besides, you will probably hear it all during the student group fair. The list of things that Harvard students have already done is even worse for your ego because it make you aware of all the things you will not do at Harvard...
...greater part of the summer, I have been surrounded by anti-Dylan enthusiasts and militants. I was afraid that my defense of Dylan could be likened to a musical Steward's Folly (but let's just remember how much oil was found in Alaska). Although, in my childishly ego-centric way, I could never understand why Dylan's music is so disagreeable; I had still assumed that most of the audience was there to see Simon, not Dylan...
...skill. Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller) works himself into a fine rage. The Blue Rajah (Hank Azaria) flings silverware. And the Shoveler (William H. Macy)--as he says, "I shovel well. I shovel very well." While glitzy Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) routinely saves Champion City with his bravado and big ego, the Mystery Men must scrounge to find the perils they believe they were born to overcome...