Word: egos
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Meagher found himself going out for coffee or pizza with his new buddies, who would call twice a week to check up on him. They praised what they saw as leadership qualities in him. “It was very beneficial to an ego,” Meagher recalls. “I wasn’t out there looking for acceptance, but I wasn’t going to turn it away.” Strangely, though, “never once did they mention what church they were affiliated with...
...this point I could no longer ignore the quickly escalating situation. Within a week Shelley had gone from being a blip on an otherwise tranquil radar of reliable e-mail correspondence to being my alter ego. She was receiving the bulk of my social e-mails, had dissed Temple Simpson (twice!) and possibly slept with Anthony Herrera. Who was this woman who was old enough to be the mother of Jon Myungsoo Lee (were he not Korean)? I was determined to put a stop to her involuntary invasion of my life...
...persona. Dressed in a tan golf shirt and black khakis, he could be a systems analyst on his tea break; only his designer Dolce & Gabbana glasses hint that, unlike much of his core audience, he doesn't go home to a housing block at night. There's little evident ego, and when Neo finds out his interviewer has seen I Not Stupid, he begins firing questions: Was it good? Too local? In the next room, a television is showing the Academy Awards broadcast and Neo laughs when asked if he dreams of being awarded an Oscar, perhaps from Julia Roberts...
When it comes to the crimes of unbridled ego and bearing false witness, writers are habitual offenders. At the age of 13, Briony Tallis is a born writer. The intricate English girl at the center of Atonement (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; 351 pages; $26) is a self-regarding child, the kind who keeps a toy farm in her bedroom with all the animals pointing toward her. Eager to superintend the lives of those around her, she believes that through her powers of invention and language, "an unruly world could be made just so." In a complicated way, she turns...
Bono may be smarter, better informed and more committed than other cause-happy celebrities, but Africa's problems are larger than his ego. After living in Africa nearly six years, I returned to the U.S. with more questions than answers. But you don't have to live there to know that the continent is rife with corruption and that most foreign aid does little to enrich the life of the average African. Debt relief is a noble idea, but until Africa can rid itself of corrupt autocrats, it will probably be just another way for those leaders to beef...