Word: egos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ignoring Somalia while it obsessed about Yugoslavia. Though he boasts about the reforms he initiated, he moved too little and too late to satisfy U.S. demands for sharp staff reductions and a zero-growth budget. His detractors say Boutros-Ghali was also burdened with a short fuse, large ego and thin skin...
This glow is only half hidden under her shapeless clothes, half disguised by her boisterous enthusiasm for baseball, half explained by her relationship with an ego-flattening mom (Lauren Bacall, dripping comic venom in award-winning doses). In short, the fine feathers of a star we all know to be a strong, smart and sexy woman keep peeking through her ugly-duckling getup. This spoils whatever suspense this story might hold, and most of its humorous potential too. Unacknowledged vanity is ever the enemy of comedy. And, come to think of it, of romance as well...
...SATs, we think of ourselves as intelligent. If we win writing contests and get As on essays, we slowly grow a healthy pride in our writing abilities. During difficult times, these confidences boost our spirits, and in good times they inspire us to new heights. They ground our ego and are foundational to our development...
...over 30 years, during which time we have learned that sooner or later the guy is going to respond to her inner light." This glow is only half hidden under her shapeless clothes, half disguised by her boisterous enthusiasm for baseball, half explained by her relationship with an ego-flattening mom (Lauren Bacall, dripping comic venom in award-winning doses). "In short," notes Schickel, "the fine feathers of a star we all know to be a strong, smart and sexy woman keep peeking through her ugly-duckling getup...
...college full of young, ambitious and idealistic would-be journalists, the answer to this question is important. For college students, changing the world seems an actual possibility. But is it all illusion? If one wants to go into mass media, is it inevitable that one will devolve into an ego-crazed, star-seeking leech with no concept of the integrity and purpose of quality journalism...