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...American hero is traditionally a loner who risks his life cutting a glory path through officiousness and red tape. But the past few years have seen a subtle reversal. The dull organization man of yesterday's sociology has returned as the beautiful bureaucrat. Lee Iacocca and the executive thoroughbreds trotted out for In Search of Excellence and A Passion for Excellence have pulled off a corporate takeover of the national imagination. Best-seller lists are stacked with adventures in management. Even prime-time entertainment reflects this trend. Hill Street Blues, for example, is basically a series of dramatic lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Breaking the Celebrity Barrier: YEAGER | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...other person suffering from depression. But what I will say is that I, and many of the other people I’ve spoken with who deal with depression, do not want sympathy; we want understanding. When someone is depressed, he or she tends to withdraw, to become a loner. You can help people fight this by always being willing to listen. Often just a casual conversation can be enough...

Author: By Andrew B. English | Title: Tough Guy | 3/25/2005 | See Source »

Keanu Reeves, who plays the title role in the new action/fantasy movie Constantine, is accustomed to accusations of a messianic complex. Reeves, after having played Neo in The Matrix, returns with a new name but suspiciously similar storyline and character: laconic loner John Constantine fights an epic battle of good-versus-evil while brooding at the fringe of American urban society...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, Laura E. Kolbe, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, S | Title: Movie Reviews | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

Keanu Reeves, who plays the title role in the new action/fantasy movie Constantine, is accustomed to accusations of a messianic complex. Reeves, after having played Neo in The Matrix, returns with a new name but suspiciously similar storyline and character: laconic loner John Constantine fights an epic battle of good-versus-evil while brooding at the fringe of American urban society...

Author: By Steven N. Jordan, Laura E. Kolbe, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Movies: Bride and Prejudice, Constantine, Hitch | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

...action/fantasy movie Constantine, is accustomed to accusations of a messianic complex. In The Matrix, Reeves’ character Neo fights to rescue humanity from its unwitting enslavement to parasitic forms of artificial intelligence. Now Reeves returns with a new name but suspiciously similar storyline and character: laconic loner John Constantine fights an epic battle of good-versus-evil while brooding at the fringe of American urban society...

Author: By Laura E. kolbe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

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