Word: egos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anything can happen in six games, and it is not like Martin to quit. So Steinbrenner has finally killed the goose that laid the proverbial golden egg; his constant hounding, his ceaseless interference in what was an already difficult situation, his exaltation of dollars and his own ego, above everything else, are ruining the Yankees and have already ruined Billy Martin...
...court state party leaders, Kraft has started a series of White House breakfasts where they get a chance for candid exchanges with Cabinet officials-and a chance to see the President. Most of the guests come away impressed. "Sure, it's an ego massage," says Scott. "But it pays off. It builds a relationship." Kraft and his staff of four also try to spot opportunities outside of the White House for Carter to make allies. "We're not out to politicize the White House," Kraft says, "but we've got to use the political resources we have...
Highly intelligent and with a generous share of ego, Brzezinski does not suffer fools easily. He gives the impression he does not think there are many people around with better ideas than he has - except for one notable exception: Carter. Asked from whom Brzezinski seeks counsel, one aide replied: "He listens to the President...
Levinson has consciously tried to avoid the pitfalls of so many other studies of men in their worlds: a too-narrow focus of research. Psychologists tend to study the ego's changing role and function (Erikson) or a man's changing defense mechanisms to deal with the world (Harvard's George E. Vaillant); sociologists focus on men's work or class or world-view; anthropologists on the nature of his ties to his family, community, religion, or nation. Levinson, however, is anxious to put his new discipline on a more secure, if ambitious, footing; he wants to study what...
Such a drive can be an ego trip. Or it can be a rediscovery of old excitements: the fragrance of wood and leather, the closeness to the road, a sense of individualism preserved on the all-too-homogenized human highway...