Word: esteem
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...intelligence community has thousands of them: deskbound clerks, translators and minor functionaries who spend years in decidedly unglamorous jobs in which they are privy to information more valued than their self-esteem. Last week, in separate cases, three of those faceless employees were charged with peddling American secrets to foreign agents. The harvest was apparently random; the only thread was that all were, in the words of one former intelligence official, "tawdry little people who sell their souls for a few thousand bucks." But their apprehension brought to ten the number of spy arrests this year--a number that seems...
Similar groups have begun to appear around the country. In New York, the Family Life program, co-sponsored by the state and the Children's Aid Society, is attempting to give dead-end kids a sense of self-esteem, says Michael Carrera, its energetic director. Since the program's initiation last February, not one of the 55 participating youngsters has become pregnant or fathered a child...
...second half of the book is a captivating record of 1956 to 1966, when the director's collaborations with Beckett and Albee brought all three to the pinnacle of esteem. Schneider, a born pessimist, details the missteps and agonies of doubt that led up to each landmark production and makes every victory seem as surprising in retrospect as it was to him at the time. Few books have so vividly portrayed the initial fragility of what now seem eternal works of dramatic writing. Schneider specifies some literate imbeciles who offhandedly dismissed the talents of Beckett, Harold Pinter and Eugene Ionesco...
...critically examine our value system and “the” definition of success. To paraphrase George Sheehan, the running philosopher: “Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not material wealth, the esteem of the colleagues or the admiration of the society. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the very person you were meant to be.” To everyone graduating in my class, I wish you this success and hope you become the person you were meant...
...yourself or have a relationship without a wedding ring." Although it's very healthy to take good care of yourself, selfishness leads to unhappiness while sacrificing for loved ones brings lasting joy. Having an affair, while potentially exciting, can be emotionally destructive. Physical intimacy outside of marriage undermines self-esteem. Women need to make emotionally healthy choices...