Word: perfectionistic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Stevie's back. And his new CD is a fairly sturdy one, even if the notorious procrastinator and perfectionist took four years to complete it. Wonder says his next release will be a gospel album. Here's hoping it doesn't take as long; even Michael Jordan stayed away for only 18 months...
...part of the profile of someone with an eating disorder very much matches part of the profile of the sort of person Harvard values: high-achieving, perfectionist, people-pleasing, and driven," says Sheila M. Reindel '80-'81, a counselor at the Bureau of Study Counsel...
...farewell to her German mother. Brought up by a good-hearted Englishwoman, young Eva clings to the hope of returning until salvation comes to seem like abandonment. To survive, we see, she turns her back on every aspect of her heritage and becomes frozen in emotional coldness, a rigid perfectionist who cannot give or accept love...
...best, or at worst a glad-handing bumbler. Eisenhower the Supreme Commander was none of those. He was a driving, demanding man of terrific energy: up before dawn, to bed after midnight, chain-smoking four packs of cigarettes, drinking 15 cups of coffee a day. He was a military perfectionist, impatient with his subordinates and a peerless, lucid briefer. He had a volcanic temper he struggled to control but sometimes used as a tool. He was naturally friendly, with a famous grin, and he inspired trust. But he was patient only when he had to be: to keep peace among...
...hard to imagine a piece of advice less likely to influence Streisand. Even those who find her a maddening perfectionist admit that few performers work harder. A musician who played in her Las Vegas show logged in 60 hours of orchestra rehearsal time, and says Streisand, unlike most singers, was present for almost every minute. Lyricist Marilyn Bergman, who with her partner and husband Alan helped write the script for Streisand's stage show, scoffs at her reputation as a difficult diva. "Barbra never says, 'That's good enough.' People who don't understand or appreciate this process might find...