Word: egos
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...then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger gave an impassioned sermon in which he decried the "dictatorship of relativism." The conservative German theologian used the phrase to warn against modernity's creation of a secular ideology "that does not recognize anything as definitive, and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's ego and desires." The "dictatorship of relativism" quote has become a rallying cry for some Roman Catholic conservatives, especially those dismayed by the growing spread of secularism in Europe, once the bastion of Christianity. His message has not softened. In a June 5 speech in Rome, Benedict again warned about...
...says Wade's high school coach, Jack Fitzgerald. But he has improved his game every year in college and the pros, and in 2004, Shaquille O'Neal demanded a trade from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Heat in part because he knew he could co-exist with the ego-free Wade. "Everything that happened in L.A.," says Wade, referring to O'Neal's clashes with Kobe Bryant, "wasn't going to happen here." How humble is Wade? His tithes 10% of his $3.03 million salary to his Chicago church...
...Hanks trumpeted its arrival. Ed Begley Jr. mourned its passing. When you realize that the film is narrated by a liberal President of the U.S. (well, Martin Sheen, who plays one on TV), you may suspect that the electric car was another ego trip for Hollywood's preachy leftists. But even Mel Gibson, no liberal, touts the vehicle's benefits. And when you hear the litany--it's clean, quiet and rechargeable at home, and, best of all, it doesn't rely on a product found in some of the least stable, most despotic nations on earth--you start thinking...
...eats and when he hosted Millionaire proclaimed, "I'm saving the network!"--finally says the key to the job is remembering that it's not about you. Whether you're talking to George Clooney or a guy with an oven on his face, it's about "putting aside your ego and making your guests be better with you than they would with anybody else...
...dozens of attendees spent the afternoon walking around in elaborate tin-foil hats. If Judy Miller of the New York Times had thought to pack along a similar prop when she was embedded in Iraq - or practiced a similar sort of skepticism about her sources and her reporterly ego - perhaps the mainstream media wouldn't be as reliable a punchline at these gatherings today...