Word: egos
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...SATC, what keeps the characters young is their abiding friendship: the sisterhood of shared confidences and ego-boosting, of advice offered in good faith and accepted in gratitude, of a timely phone call when a pal's spirits are low. ("I just called," one woman says, nicely paraphrasing Stevie Wonder, "to make sure you weren't hanging from your shower rod.") Learning and hugging. There's lots of that here - woman to woman and man to woman - which satisfies the movie's fantasy fulfillment of both amity and eros...
...graceful exit is never easy in a business as fraught with ego and ambition as presidential politics. Which is why in recent days, quiet calls have started going out to key supporters of Hillary Clinton who are showing signs of wanting to jump ship. Clinton's emissaries point out that she is no longer attacking Barack Obama, and they promise she won't start again. Allow her to ride out the last few primaries, they argue, and she won't do anything to make it difficult for her longtime allies to switch their allegiances when the time comes...
...heard several French TV and radio commentators crying out against the fact that you had failed to include France's charismatic new President Nicolas Sarkozy. Thank you! The man doesn't need to boost his already inflated ego. And furthermore it's way too early to tell if his actions will have any impact on the French people's daily life and on world diplomacy. Anne Bouffet, NICE, FRANCE...
...wedding of art and industry that is the Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood is by far the most famous bridesmaid. Since 1985 this Hollywood legend has brought five films to Cannes - not as special screenings, where he has nothing to lose, but in the ego-bruising competition for the top prize - and the first four times (with Pale Rider, Bird, White Hunter Black Heart and Mystic River he's gone home empty-handed. It's not that the old cowboy needs another trophy: he's twice won Oscars for best director and best picture, with Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby...
That feeling of subjugation, a positive plunge from the heights of academic superiority, is for the best. It’s rare to come upon opportunities that offer such a direct means of teaching ourselves humility. We are told that volunteering might war with our ego-centrism, but many programs place the volunteer in a level of hierarchical advantage, whether it’s as a teacher for an immigrant seeking citizenship or even as a van driver for helpless children. Volunteering is very often more concerned with bringing others up than with bringing oneself down to earth...