Word: egos
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Jesus is shaking his head at all of us. His birthplace is beset with violence, while his so-called followers have the gall to justify war and condemn peace in his name. Meanwhile, an Aussie with an outsized ego and a martyrdom complex hijacks his life story to guilt-trip all of humanity for his death...
Roberts, 44, keeps his ego in check and his checkbook handy. The trim, bespectacled executive is renowned as a shrewd bargain hunter and corporate strategist. "He's one of the most likable people, but whoever sits on the other side of the bargaining table should have a healthy dose of fear," says Terry McGuirk, vice chairman of Turner Broadcasting and a longtime friend. Roberts, an all-American squash player at the University of Pennsylvania, has a "black belt in strategy," says McGuirk...
...Mineola, N.Y. As a science-fiction literary agent in the 1940s, he sold an unknown Ray Bradbury's first stories. Later, as an editor at DC Comics, he revived such superheroes as the Flash and Green Lantern, and in the 1970s updated Superman, giving his alter ego, Clark Kent, a new job--as a TV reporter...
...Valkenburgh received an honor award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for this restoration, which blends into the existing landscape and represents the antithesis of the sort of project that trumpets the artist’s own ego...
...want to spend money on an expensive, potentially dangerous and nonurgent manned ego trip to Mars or on human welfare and the protection of Earth from real dangers like greenhouse gases? All the world's people should have a say in the matter. Percy N. Kruythoff Oldenzaal, the Netherlands...