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Bernstein hates criticism, can quote whole paragraphs from unfavorable reviews that appeared ten years ago. He likes reassurances???the backstage compliments, the perquisite Cadillacs, the fawning headwaiters, the fluty dowagers, the company of fame. He is brash and often tactless. He suffers from what was once described as a pre-Copernican ego, i.e., seeing the whole world revolve around him. The condition was described by his onetime mentor, Conductor Artur Rodzinski, with an expressive Jewish word that means cheek, nerve, monumental gall. "He has hutzpa," says Rodzinski, and illustrates what he means with the story of how Bernstein, a mere...
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