Word: narcissist
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...Bill Clinton swaggers off with his air of rogueish triumph - savoring, perhaps, the knowledge that he could have gone on and on as President if only the Constitution had allowed him to run, and that his own vice president ran to fill his shoes but did not succeed. Any narcissist is gratified when he finds that the world turns dark and heads south at exactly the moment he leaves the room. Cause and effect, his unconscious assures...
...getting picked for the show. "Just like The Real World, you know?" Indeed. Some seasons, The Real World has seemed like a postgraduate program for aspiring actors, models and singers, with more than 35,000 applicants a year. "The ideal candidate [for a VTV show] would be a strong narcissist," says Atlanta psychologist Robert Simmermon, a fellow in the division of media psychology of the American Psychological Association. "Narcissism is not all a bad thing. It's kind of like cholesterol. You have good and bad narcissism, and you have to have a healthy...
...Shameful Life of Salvador Dali--such was the title given to the 1997 book by Dali's most formidable biographer, Ian Gibson. It's a perfect title, because it drives home two nails at once. First, lovers of modernism have long regarded Dali (1904-1989), the obsessive and boasting narcissist from Catalonia, as a sort of mock-deranged but authentically disgraceful relative. Few could doubt the power and originality of his early work--up to, say, the Spanish Civil War. Equally, few would give the least credence to the recycling of old themes that he did, mainly for the American...
...like most baby boomers, a narcissist. In pursuit of the perfect body, we've tried spinning and step, aerobics and anaerobics, Pilates and Tae-Bo. But not even a hunky personal trainer and all those Kathy Smith exercise tapes can keep the lines, wrinkles and age spots away. No wonder plastic surgery is so big--with an estimated 4.9 million cosmetic procedures done last year, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, up more than 800% since...
...possible explanations for Clinton's obtuseness, including the notion that he's some sort of addict, don't go over well at the construction site. A former Coast Guard sailor wonders if the President isn't a narcissist, prone to delusions of invulnerability. Someone else thinks he wanted to get caught--the revenge of his guilty Baptist conscience, perhaps. Maybe all the talk at church of a final heavenly judgment compelled him to want to speed up the process...