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...Though I could not imagine what good could come to our union from pitting one state against another, when the Miss USA pageant invited me to be a judge, my enormous ego would not let me turn it down. But before I left, I set two ethical ground rules: I would not acquiesce to the misogyny in any way; and if I slept with a contestant, I would vote for her in at least one category...
Though I could not imagine what good could come to our union from pitting one state against another, when the Miss USA pageant invited me to be a judge, my enormous ego would not let me turn it down. But before I left, I set two ethical ground rules: I would not acquiesce to the misogyny in any way; and if I slept with a contestant, I would vote for her in at least one category...
...hope-may have taken himself out of contention. His is a warm, dramatic voice, but the New York Times castigated his "crude musicianship." Stunts like Cura's 1999 Royal Festival Hall recital, when he conducted his own arias, have led to a reputation for egotism and headlines like "the Ego Has Landed" (The Independent on his "posturing" London Otello). Cura now says he is "a serious artist, not interested in marketing clichés like who will succeed the Three Tenors." He has the voice to be a great singer, but at 38-and dogged by accusations that...
Against Columbia, Clemente was the Crimson, scoring 30 of the team's 66 points to avenge an earlier loss in New York. It was a masterful performance and a huge boost to Harvard's collective ego. More importantly, the 30 points put Clemente at No. 4 on Harvard's all-time scoring list...
...Stahl had had a string of affairs. Carolyn Oppy's sister, Linda Dubay, says Stahl, with a middling career as an anesthesiologist, was unable to live up to his family's high expectations for him. His father was a respected surgeon and CEO of a hospital. "Ken needed the ego boosts of his affairs--usually with divorced nurses, single mothers, needy individuals." Vasco fit the profile. Oppy...