Word: egos
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...Meeting new friends because otherwise I’ll be a loner for four years.” “Forgetting even more names.” “Five week winter break.” “Destroying my ego...
...Berlusconi can be measured as the sum of his appetites and ego. They are what have helped make him the most influential Italian of his generation. But his often uncontrollable desire to persuade and seduce - rather than the petty calculations of his foes - is the one thing that could bring everything crashing down around...
...Number 9, the last of his creations. The dolls are distinguishable by the numbers stamped on their backs and the various notions that adorn them. Wise Number 2 (voiced by Martin Landau) laces up like a corset. Number 5 (John C. Reilly), who is cuddly, sweet and needs ego-boosting, is missing an eye and wears a lone button on his chest, kind of like Don Freeman's beloved bear Corduroy. Number 6 is loopy, creative and imprisoned by his own mind, so naturally he wears vertical stripes and is voiced by Crispin Glover. There is a ferocious lady warrior...
...That take-no-prisoners toughness is certainly entertaining, but behind the ego and bluster, O'Leary's real-life business performance is spotty. All four of the funds run by O'Leary's asset-management company are trailing the market this year. Shares of the company's oldest fund, O'Leary Global Equity Income Fund, which was launched in 2008, have plunged nearly 24% in the past year. Next, there's the truth-in-advertising problem: O'Leary calls himself an "eco-preneur," but many of the funds' investments are in coal companies and other large polluters. An O'Leary...
...novella is an equally intimate exploration of the psyche of an unnamed first-person narrator whose willful plunge into worldly renunciation is as terrifying as Atman's embrace of hedonism. But after a week exploring Venice with Jeff, I don't feel ready to visit Varanasi with his alter ego. In fact, I'll definitely pack the Fodor...