Word: egos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need to show us, and the world, that fame and power are the proper qualifications for commencement speakers after all. For the sake of our dangerously over-inflated collective ego, you need to show us that you really do have something to say relevant to our lives and relevant to the world we're entering. And, along the way, you need to make some jokes about cars...
...dealing here with entirely sensible people. The whiff of superpower attention went to the head of Kosovo's Albanians as they savored their first steps onto the world stage, prolonging the negotiations and frittering away pressure that was supposed to be reserved for the Serbs. Milosevic bathed in ego gratification as the world's diplomats trooped to his door. Both sides seemed to think, Why not keep this game going...
...easy to take responsibility for personal foibles, but when parents interject themselves into your life, all control is lost. Parents let loose in the classroom makes for grim ego destruction. Two former Crimson executives tell all. Drake P. Bennett `99 was mortified as his "dad came to one of my lectures and then he asked the professor a question! It was, like, soooo embarrassing!!!" Poor T.J. Keheller `99, seemingly had a similar reaction to his parental interactions. "Sadly enough, approximately the same thing happened to me. My dad was actually charmed by Dean of the College Harry Lewis, and, although...
...easy to take responsibility for personal foibles, but when parents interject themselves into your life, all control is lost. Parents let loose in the classroom makes for grim ego destruction. Two former Crimson executives tell all. Drake P. Bennett '99 was mortified as his "dad came to one of my lectures and then he asked the professor a question! It was, like, soooo embarrassing!!!" Poor T.J. Keheller '99, seemingly had a similar reaction to his parental interactions. "Sadly enough, approximately the same thing happened to me. My dad was actually charmed by Dean of College Harry Lewis, and, although Drake...
...brain surgery; near Chicago. More laid-back than Ebert, Siskel was no less combative. They did not like each other in real life, and their onscreen skirmishes, first aired on the hugely popular Sneak Previews on PBS, became emblems of pop consumerism: biting but sound-bite-size nuggets of ego and intellection...