Word: ego
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...merchandising money. Unfortunately, after this initial burst of misunderstood creative ingenuity, my brain went numb. It was a nightmare: all my creativity had slowly seeped out of me, leaving me a dry, lifeless husk totally incapable of inventive conversation, let alone producing a daily, witty, critically acclaimed, award-winning, ego trip of a comic strip...
...finish between two ego-driven businessmen, Mr. Bigger Guy, who enjoys the power and perks of publishing -- and to his credit harbors serious hopes of energizing his news coverage and style -- and Mr. Repo Man, who simply wants to play in the big time and tell America what it should be. Of the two papers, it is the Post, in the hands of an untried newcomer and shorn of several talented top journalists, that may not survive. That would leave New Yorkers with only one hometown tabloid to thrill them with headlines like GOTHAM BESIEGED BY KILLER COCKROACHES...
With Lake, Berger's relationship is more one of an alter ego than a subordinate. Berger was sufficiently self-effacing to bring Lake into the campaign as his boss, and the two ended up co-directing foreign policy for Clinton with remarkable harmony. "Almost in shorthand, we can argue things through, and at the end neither of us has kept score," says Lake...
Shouldn't Bush be too insulted and ashamed to do anything after the stunning no-confidence vote that Americans handed him on November 3? Sixty-two percent of voters cast their ballots for his opponents. James A. Baker III, his lifelong alter ego, deserted him in the waning weeks of the campaign. But despite the last few months' humiliation Bush still wears the presidential mantle, and he'll use it however he pleases...
...never doing this again," I fumed, ego deflated, to no one in particular as an eight-year old in a red jacket zipped past...