Word: egocentricism
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In the report of Afghan warlord Haji Bashar Noorzai [Feb. 19], you said that "the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001." The world didn't change. Global warming is still here, the poor are poor, the rich are rich, Africans are dying of AIDS, and malaria kills millions of children...
The sincerity of the statements was refreshing because most officials would not dare utter them. While some critical talk probably exists behind closed doors at the presidential palace, political analysts say, free-thinking like Maza's rarely escapes high-level government circles. "It seems that if someone expresses differences in...
The only thing messier than death, Alan Ball's drama taught us, is life. The story of the Fisher family, who ran a funeral parlor in Los Angeles, began as a trenchant, slightly preachy story about façades--how people put up false fronts, the way an undertaker paints makeup...
Bob Graham brought a little Margaritaville to Cambridge last month. Jimmy Buffett, a long-time friend of the former senator, came to Graham’s IOP study group to speak about celebrities in politics. In the past, Graham and Buffett have dressed as each other for fundraising events. They...
At first glance, they make an unlikely pair. He's intense and weathered - the kind of guy who shows up to interviews untucked and unshaven. She's easygoing and glamorous (as a young girl, she dreamed of being a princess). But when it comes to making movies, Jean-Pierre Bacri...