Word: egos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this problem, Dr. Moreno made the trackman run around a circular table on the stage, followed by a student from the audience who had been appointed "auxiliary ego" to run beside him and offer encouragement...
...executive, who is primarily a rugged individualist, must crush his ego for group decisions "in order to be one of the boys." Said Dr. Slight: "Thus the aggressive vitality drive that makes the executive ambitious is thwarted, and it must go somewhere, so it goes inside, producing diarrhea, headaches, blurring of vision ringing in the ears," and ultimately ulcers,* high blood pressure, or both...
With his alter-ego, Jim Noonan, available on extra load. He ran with decisiveness completed three of the five passage be attempted for a gain of 23 yards. On the play which set up the Harvard held goal, West took a lateral from Rocks on a cries-cross play and went 17 yards to the Holy Cross seven. This play, which Harvard had worked once before in the first quarter without such success suggest, seemed to typify the Harvard offense--West and Roche--mere than any other...
...staff fluttering. The first half-hour goes to the mail, the second to reviewing the pile of cables decoded during the night. His first conference is with Minister Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar, a veteran of 26 years in Britain's Foreign Service and the Ambassador's alter ego. The morning's problem may be anything from London's attitude on the Austrian peace treaty to an analysis of how to soothe ruffled U.S. feelings over the Anglo-Argentine trade treaty. Tactics are studied: Is the issue crucial enough for a personal visit by Franks to Acheson...
...Musial cannot sing.* Both are southpaws. Both are versatile outfielders, who have filled in at first base in emergencies (and forthwith won rank among the best first-basemen in their leagues). Unlike many other stars, they are specially distinguished by players and sportwriters as "old pros," team players without ego or flamboyance...