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NEWS ABOUT: hubris

hubris stories: 4 news summaries
Analysis

Wall Street Loses Sex Appeal as Big Guns Struggle


Talented people risk little by trying out
academia, government

Jan 27, 09 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The gravitational pull of Wall Street on the nation's best and brightest students has weakened dramatically, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times, as ridiculous pay packages and the thrill of risk-taking give way to layoffs and anxiety. "The whole cult and ethos of Wall Street, which... More »

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Wall Street • investment bankers • banking • John Thain • Tom Wolfe • hubris • financial crisis

Arrogance Charge Dogs Obama, Fueled by Misquote

Mark Halperin corrects the record

Jul 30, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman fed the GOP line that Barack Obama is more presumptuous than presidential last night by quoting the candidate telling a gathering of House Dems yesterday, “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” Weisman quips,“... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington Post • hubris • hype • mis-quote

Opinion

 Obama:
 'Presumptuous' Nominee

Holds court in DC as though he were already elected

Jul 30, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t the president yet, but no one seems to have broken that news to Barack Obama. The Democrats' presumptive, and increasingly "presumptuous," nominee spent yesterday cavorting about Washington as though he already owned the place, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • presidential politics • Obama 2008 • hubris

Obama as Writer: He's the
'Real Deal'

Literary critic sees an
eye for the universal, shades of Lincoln

Jul 8, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - If it's true that the style is the man, then it makes sense, literary critic Andrew Delbanco writes in the New Republic, to take the measure of Barack Obama from his memoirs. Taking a tour of Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope, Delbanco finds a bit of... More »

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Barack Obama • literature • Abraham Lincoln • leadership • hubris

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