Word: acclaiming
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...looks or charm. Some are workaholics who believe that they have made it only because they work harder than others. Most have difficulty accepting compliments. What distinguishes IP victims from other shy or insecure people is an enormous drive to achieve worldly position coupled with an inability to enjoy acclaim. Most strivers experience anxiety when faced with a difficult challenge, but usually feel better after meeting it. Not the impostor. Says Clance: "The person who thinks he is an impostor feels worse: he believes he is only perpetrating a fraud...
...pretty stupid, repetitive, and boring. I say “most of” because there are a few spots that would have fit among the middle-to-low-end tracks on one of their previous CDs, which brought the pair of Parisian DJs much-deserved fame and acclaim...
...group of Harvard graduates, it may already be screening on a tube near you. On March 24, NBC debuted its adaptation of “The Office,” the revered BBC comedy series that swept onto the airwaves in 2001 to a rush of awards and critical acclaim...
Comedy aficionados flocked to the performances of Eugene Mirman and Brendon Small, who both attained critical acclaim far beyond Cambridge. Mirman later embarked on the national comedy club circuit, while Small created a Cartoon Network television series called “Home Movies...
Anyhow, Foer says he isn’t aiming for public acclaim. “I wrote the book in these incredibly intimate settings—on my laptop propped up while I’m in bed, or at a desk, or in a room where I’m alone,” he says. “And then people read the book in their own intimate settings—in bed, in the bathtub, in the easy chair at home. Connecting these two intimate experiences is what publishing a book is all about...