Word: esteem
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...boys, the crucial issue is role modeling. There are psychologists who suggest that boys without fathers risk growing up with low self-esteem, becoming overly dependent on women and emotionally rigid. "Kids without fathers are forced to find their own ways of doing things," observes Melissa Manning, a social worker at the Boys and Girls Club of Venice, California. "So they come up with their own ideas, from friends and from the gangs. Nobody is showing them what to do except to be drunk, deal drugs or go to jail." Then there are the subtler lessons that dads impart. Attorney...
Rogen might seem a spawn of Woody Allen, but he's closer to Cheech and/or Chong with a bar mitzvah. He hasn't the Woody whine and inferiority complex. Like the Martin stage persona, the characters these guys play don't have self-esteem problems; indeed, that is their problem. The only star who simmers with comic angst is Stiller. He's the put-upon loser, a jocular Job, in films like There's Something About Mary and Night at the Museum, when he's not taking roles as the pompous, uptight bad guy (in, say, Dodgeball) or the preening...
NASCAR, by contrast, seems, despite all the grease, clean. Wholesome. As it roars round the track, it climbs ever higher in the public's affection and esteem. It celebrates things about the American character--power, speed, courage, risk taking, fun--that we are reluctant to surrender, at least psychically. And thanks to Bill France Jr., it celebrates national inclusiveness...
...Operating out of San Francisco, Mead, who served 18 years in Washington State for crimes committed in the '70s as a member of the revolutionary group George Jackson Brigade, is now a prison-reform activist. He says art gives prisoners a sense of themselves, raises their self-esteem and keeps them busy. Cornyn's bill, he adds, "is an attempt to pass another 'Son of Sam' law," referring to the 1971 New York state law aimed at blocking potential book profits for notorious criminals like "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned...
...free trade advocate. He said during the Wednesday press conference that this philosophy would inform his stewardship of the Bank. “The Bank’s reliance on markets, investments, sound policies, good governance and partnerships for self-help are in keeping with the values that Americans esteem,” he said. Dani Rodrik, the Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the KSG, wrote on his blog that Zoellick’s belief in free trade may limit his ability to aid developing nations. “[Zoellick’s] take on the reforms needed...