Word: ego
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...Millionaire to counter CBS's Survivor, Americans had to choose between watching real people withstand Regis Philbin's questions and watching real people withstand adverse conditions and 15 other disagreeable castaways. Add to that ESPN's broadcast of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, and the carnage of human ego was inescapable...
...last up to five days, replete with daily breaks for luncheon and tea, without producing a result; but for the British and their erstwhile subjects cricket is more than just sport - it is a cultural ritual that encapsulates the Kiplingesque virtues of fair play, decency, subordinating one's ego to the greater good, fighting hard but fair for victory and remaining eternally gracious in defeat. And that accounts for the social anguish caused by the international match-fixing scandal currently unfolding in South Africa, on top of similar allegations that surfaced recently in Pakistan, India and Australia. South Africa...
...earth do you encourage these ego-ridden virus hackers by giving them your cover? You have played right into their hands. DANIEL A. JENKINS Louisville...
...predominantly on Sherman's Klump clans-so much so, in fact, that Universal is considering dropping the Nutty part and simply calling the film The Klumps. In lieu of his plans to get married (to Janet Jackson, of all people), Sherman decides to excise the DNA of his altar-ego, Buddy Love, from his system, but unwittingly turns Buddy into his own person. Slapstick chaos ensues. All in all, Murphy, who's had a bit of a golden touch with family comedies the last couple of years, juggles six different characters, Buddy Love being the only one that didn...
...increased use revealed a depressing situation in America [HEALTH, April 24]. Men are striving for physical perfection but doing little about the degradation of basic moral values in society. Gun violence is becoming a regular occurrence. There are more pressing issues than trying to satisfy a man's insatiable ego by using testosterone gel. ROEL CONRAD E. JAMIS Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippines...