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...goal from saving Tower's nomination to tarring the Democrats with charges of character assassination and hypocrisy. Positioning themselves for the inevitable future battles over the budget and foreign policy, the Republicans hoped to rescue something from the wreckage of the Tower affair by lowering Congress in the public esteem...
While many waiters complain that the service charge robs them of the performance-based pay they deserve, supporters of the policy feel that a salary elevates servers to a more professional status. "Our waiters have higher self-esteem, since they are no longer dependent on handouts from persons to whom they must be obsequious," says Barry Wine, owner of Manhattan's ultrapricey Quilted Giraffe, where there is a service charge. But in the competitive restaurant business, few owners are likely to pick up a hot potato like the service charge until they are sure their rivals are going...
...people is still a mystery. Researchers know that some sufferers have an inherited physical susceptibility $ to alcoholism and perhaps to abuse of other substances as well. There may also be a psychological vulnerability. Experts dismiss the popular idea that there is a set of personality traits, say, low self-esteem and a streak of perfectionism, that puts people on the path to dependency. Explains Dr. Sheila Blume, director of a treatment program at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.: "There is no evidence of a single addictive personality type. You cannot go to a class of junior high kids...
Even when tangible academic goals prove out of reach, however, the confidence and self-esteem gained from the classes often proves as rewarding as the classwork...
...first, resort. Minor interventions, such as moving a child to the front row in class or allowing him more time to complete tasks, can lead to improvement. Rewards -- extra television or a favorite snack -- can help reinforce good behavior. And psychological therapy can bolster a child's flagging self-esteem and address social problems, like a lack of friends, that contribute to his distress. Only when these remedies fail should parents try medication on their overly active youngsters...