Word: esteeming
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...narrator is Tassie, a rootless 20-year-old who signs on as a nanny with an unconventional couple who have adopted a baby. Moore totally overpowers Tassie with her brilliance--observing and recording with the laser eyes of an ancient sibyl, not a Midwestern undergraduate with low self-esteem. As the drifts of perfectly turned moments mount up about the reader's shoulders, along with a corresponding paucity of dramatic incident, forward motion becomes increasingly difficult. Moore is a great writer, but you wish that every once in a while, she would settle for just being good...
...thriving, cosmopolitan city, New Delhi has remarkably low self-esteem. Indians generally agree, and those living in Delhi have no trouble admitting, that the nation's capital is the rudest of the country's metros. It's aggressive - just watch the motorists, cyclists and pedestrians fight it out on the roads, willing the other to give way with loud horns, murderous looks or outright elbowing. It's uncouth - no one even blinks at jumping queues or spitting betel juice or urinating in public. It's loud and brash, entirely unabashedly...
...claim on a certain amount of society's resources and esteem. As men lose that claim, they lose the instruments by which they have traditionally controlled society. A lot of people see that as fitting punishment. There weren't any women among the high-profile malefactors in last fall's financial meltdown. Maleness has become a synonym for insufficient attentiveness to risk. Journalists have lately been having a field day with a study by two Cambridge University professors, J.M. Coates and J. Herbert, who sampled the testosterone levels of London traders and found they positively correlated with high-profit trading...
...Ludwig says. In his book, Ludwig writes that forcing certain dieting rules or other behaviors upon kids, especially when parents don't live up to their own standards, rarely motivates kids to take responsibility for their habits. Coercion can also fray family ties and undermine the child's self-esteem. (See how to burn more energy, naturally...
...anecdotal evidence I've seen, tall people have a more pleasant disposition and are more easygoing. They don't have to make an extra effort to command attention. When they walk into a room, it tends to come naturally to them." Such recognition surely helps your self-esteem. If only it wasn't too late for you short people to have a growth spurt...