Word: ego
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...ambition is, if possible, even bigger than his ego, and he is now talking about taking theater-his kind of rough, tough, he-man theater-to national audiences, even those that think that Manhattan is an island halfway between Sodom and Gomorrah. Beyond that, there is of course TV, and if Papp has his way, the ether will soon be saturated with drama in the Papp manner. A greasepaint Napoleon, he encompasses the theatrical world. As he opens New York City's 16th annual Shakespeare Festival in Central Park this week with a production of Hamlet starring Stacy Keach...
...unitarian" wing of the occult. The members invest themselves with some of the most flamboyant trappings of occultism, but magic for them is mostly psychodrama ?or plain old carnival hokum. They invoke Satan not as a supernatural being, but as a symbol of man's self-gratifying ego, which is what they really worship. They look down on those who actually believe in the supernatural, evil or otherwise...
...stress the importance of the Harvard name. The prestige of Harvard does more than boost a man's ego; it usually boosts his career. Researchers in the natural sciences find that Federal grants have a tendency to gravitate toward Cambridge. And for social scientists, the ivied paths of Harvard often lead directly to Washington...
...happier than you were." One of his disciples is even more enthusiastic. Everyone, Arica Instructor Bill Gay insists, can achieve the nirvana of Level 24 (though Levels 12, 6 and 3 are beyond the reach of the ordinary trainee). Once there, "you have built up the essentials, broken the ego structure and have all the tools you need to continue to grow. You can empty your head any time you want to, and you are in the here and now and know what's going...
...Hemingway's career. If he had wanted to change his mind about them, he had 30 years or more to do so. The legitimate Nick Adams stories were written and cut ruthlessly according to the leaving-out principle. The technique worked. Nick may be Hemingway's alter ego, but readers know very little about him. It is not always clear, in fact, what the author feels about him. Important stretches are missing from his life. But those empty spaces are haunted; they resonate...