Word: ego
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What pulled him up, ironically, was what set him down: Jaws. Nothing is so good for an actor's ego as a hit, and Dreyfuss's ego, which Jaws had punctured and which Papp had exploded, returned to its normal enormous size. He now calls Steven Spielberg, the director of Jaws, a genius, and admits that the movie was not the "dreck" he once thought...
...richest chain publisher of them all, Sam Newhouse, now 82, has 30 newspapers and more circulation than anyone else. Feeling no Hearstian ego need to parade his prejudices in print, Newhouse focuses myopically on the bottom line, exemplifying Udall's thesis that "today, what the titans of the chains want is profits-not power-just money...
...scene's inhuman conclusion chills the audience, plunging the theater into a hushed and telling silence. The message has reached home with stunning impact, transcending every barrier to understanding. Men, black and white, cannot fail to share her grief and understand, finally and forever, the wretched folly of their ego-driven attempts to dominate their sisters...
Turner frets that needless fast chases will continue until police attitudes are changed. "There's an ego problem," he explains. "Rookies, especially, tell themselves, 'No son of a bitch is going to beat me.' That type is dangerous?to himself and everyone else...
...York City Police Department's anti-terrorist unit, contends that many urban terrorists are compensating for inadequate personalities. "If they cry and stamp their feet, no one pays attention. But by taking hostages, in a matter of minutes the whole world is watching. This helps overcome their ego deficit." What motivates many terrorists, observes University of Munich Political Scientist Kurt Sontheimer, is "a deep hatred of present society. They talk vaguely of socialism, but they offer no political theory. Nobody really knows what kind of society they envision...