Word: egos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wished to be more like them, although she knew she belonged to another, lesser species, the race of people who answer their phones and fold the bath towels." Like modern folk everywhere, she also yearns for meaning in life, or at least an organizing principle, and Paul's ego is big enough to provide it, "to make life cohere, like...
Vice President Laurel is also smarting from a bruised ego. He has been sidelined within the Aquino government since the beginning. When Aquino , traveled to the U.S. two months ago, she designated Arroyo, not Laurel, as the government caretaker. Laurel had plainly expected much more when, last December before the elections, he abandoned his own presidential ambitions to form a unified opposition slate with Aquino, throwing the weight of his political party UNIDO behind their ticket. He has complained that UNIDO members have not been appointed to enough national and local posts...
Portman's $8 million vacation house is not yet finished, but sightseers are flocking to it, and some of his neighbors are knocking it. "This bad taste is being foisted on us for the sake of an ego trip," sniffed one. Protested another: "I'm a fan of his architecture, but this abuses the environment." Dismayed by the reaction, Portman refuses to discuss the project. Still, the opposition has its social limits. Asked if residents would snub the Portmans when the family moves in, one islander replied, "Lord, no. We'll be waiting / at the door for an invitation...
...Tisch may have been attracted to the limelight, wanting some fame to go with his fortune. Says one CBS board source: "He is trying to give himself a new dimension." Cousin Elizabeth Drew disputes that view. Says she: "He is utterly secure. He is not doing this for an ego trip. He doesn't need the publicity or seek it, but he knows that it comes with the territory...
...story is hardly unique in American industry. Either through a surplus of energy or ego -- and very possibly both -- founding entrepreneurs frequently find it hard to turn over the reins of "their" company to a successor. Armand Hammer, chairman and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum, still jets around the world at 88, and has outlasted several presumed heirs. After 41 years at the helm of W.R. Grace, the multibillion- dollar chemical producer, J. Peter Grace, 73, has been overseeing a major restructuring of the company and shows no signs of stepping down. Robert W. Woodruff, longtime chairman of Coca...