Word: egos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With an intellect unencumbered by a comparable ego, Stephanopoulos was able to bridge the chasm separating the campaign's often mismatched personalities. He made sure that Hollywood's laid-back producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who made the convention bio-film, was on speaking terms with chain-smoking, laser-intense Grunwald; he doled out face time on television among aspiring talking heads; not least, he soothed the brilliant, tightly coiled gonzo strategist James Carville by watching infomercials and Julia Child with him when Carville was too nervous to work...
...other arts, visual and audio. I don't know if it has to do with investigating characters. There is a great deal of stock that is set on historical characters. I mean, everyone will turn out to audition for Romeo, King Lear, Iago...it's a good ego boost but it's also tremendous...
Does it really matter if students "play hooky" or have their parents pull them out of class? When it comes down to it, Lee's request is nothing more than a publicity stunt to help the figures at the box office--and to boost his ego. This only detracts from Lee's more important project--to have Americans learn more about Malcolm X and his important role in American history...
Some experts are writing Perot off as a future political force. Political scientist Nelson Polsby of the University of California, Berkeley, says the Perot campaign was nothing more than "an ego trip by a very superficial person." Another political scientist, Earl Black of the University of South Carolina, agrees. "Perot," says Black, "was just an extremely wealthy individual with high visibility who was using his personality and charisma to fuel this movement...
...knows the stronger partner is always the one who loves less. The man (Tony Leung, a wonderful Hong Kong actor) is singed, happily, by the flame of his ardor. His naked vulnerability is just one of the gifts he is eager to bestow. She can swallow his pride, his ego, his love and longing. He , is hers to do with as she will, now and forever...