Word: esteem
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...wasn't particularly important game, as the Crimson were well out of the race for the Ivy League crown. But given that the team had lost to Princeton the night before by an embarrassing 16-point margin, it's safe to say that, for at least self-esteem purposes, Harvard was in bad need of a win, or at least a close loss...
...those expectations seemed to go awry from the very start of the regular season. First came a devastating 100-63 loss at William and Mary which seemed to rip away any self-esteem that the team might have...
...proponents argue that they are only being realistic. In many cities and suburbs, a culture of violence and drugs has crushed young people's hope for life's rewards. Hundreds of thousands of students drop out of high school. Many young girls find their only source of self-esteem in motherhood. "We can pierce the disillusionment a lot of kids have by providing clear, concrete incentives," says Michael Carrera, an adolescent-sexuality expert in New York City. "Maybe our means wouldn't have to be so dramatic if this were the 1940s or 1950s. But this is the 1990s...
Takaki advertise that ethnic studies will bolster the self-esteem of underrepresented minorities. Takaki thinks that history is a "mirror" in which we look to find ourselves ethnically represented. "What happens when historians leave out many of America's peoples?" he asks. Takaki thinks this is a psychologically damaging experience, "as if you looked in the mirror and saw nothing...
...come for something else. This was not about Washington; it was about them, each of them. Some are practically addicts, trying one motivational session or program after another -- individuals desperate for more control over their own lives. Each one wants more money, more power, more love, more happiness, more esteem or self-esteem...